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Impossibilities.
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Impossibilities ? oh no, there's none;Could mine bring thy Heart Captive home;
As easi'ly other dangers were o'rethrown,
As Cæsar after vanquisht Rome,
His little Asian foes did overcome.
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True Lovers oft by Fortune are envy'd,Oft Earth and Hell against them strive;
But Providence engages on their side,
And a good end at last does give;
At last Just Men and Lovers always thrive.
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As stars (not powerful else) when they conjoin,Change, as they please, the Worlds estate;
So thy Heart in Conjunction with mine,
Shall our own fortunes regulate;
And to our Stars themselves prescribe a Fate.
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'Twould grieve me much to find some bold Romance,That should two kind examples shew,
Which before us in wonders did advance;
Not, that I thought that story true,
But none should Fancy more, then I would Do.
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Through spight of our worst Enemies, thy Friends,Through Local Banishment from Thee;
Through the loud thoughts of less-concerning Ends,
As easie shall my passage be,
As was the Amo'rous Youth's o're Helles Sea.
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In vain the Winds, in vain the Billows rore;In vain the Stars their aid deny'd:
He saw the Sestian Tower on th'other shore;
Shall th' Hellespont our Loves divide?
No, not th' Atlantick Oceans boundless Tide.
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Such Seas betwixt us eas'ly conquer'd are;But, gentle Maid, do not deny
To let thy Beams shine on me from afar;
And still the Taper let me 'espy:
For when thy Light goes out, I sink and dye.
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