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Otia Sacra Optima Fides

[by Mildmay Fane]
  

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De Tristibus.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

De Tristibus.

To a Cat bore me company in Confinement.

Associate to my Tears, whose nature tride
Makes thee a fit Companion for my side,
Who Captive sit under Confinements wing
For Being too active to act suffering,

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So become Passive too: Scratch but thine ear,
Then boldly tell what weather's drawing near.
For I'l conclude, no storm of Fortune can
Prevail ore Cæsar's barque, an honest Man.