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The poems and translations of Sir Edward Sherburne (1616-1702)

excluding Seneca and Manilius Introduced and Annotated by F. J. Van Beeck

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The Vow.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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The Vow.

By my Life I vow,
That my Life, art Thou:
By my Heart, and by my Eyes:
But thy Faith denies
To my juster Oath t'encline,
For thou say'st I swear by thine.

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By this Sigh I swear,
By this falling Tear,
By the undeserved Pains
My griev'd Soul sustains.
Now thou may'st beleeve my Moan,
These are too too much my own.