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Argalvs and Parthenia

Written by Fra: Quarles

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Readers, forbeare: sorrowes that are lamented,
Are but exulcerated, but augmented;
Forbeare attempt, where there is no preuayling;
A desperate griefe growes stronger by bewaying.
Leaue her to time and fortune: let your eyes
No longer prye into her miseries;
True mourners loue to be beheld of none;
Who truly grieues, desire to grieue alone.