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Her Name.
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With more than Jewish Reverence as yetDo I the Sacred Name conceal;
When, ye kind Stars, ah when will it be fit
This Gentle Mystery to reveal?
when will our Love be Nam'd, and we possess
That Christning as a Badge of Happiness?
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So bold as yet no Verse of mine has been,To wear that Gem on any Line;
Nor, till the happy Nuptial Muse be seen,
Shall any Stanza with it shine.
Rest, mighty Name, till then; for thou must be
Laid down by Her, e're taken up by Me.
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Then all the fields and woods shall with it ring;Then Ecchoes burden it shall be;
Then all the Birds in sev'eral notes shall sing,
And all the Rivers murmur Thee;
Then ev'ery wind the Sound shall upwards bear,
And softly whisper't to some Angels Ear.
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Then shall thy Name through all my Verse be spread,Thick as the flowers in Meadows lye,
And, when in future times they shall be read,
(As sure, I think, they will not dye)
If any Critick doubt that They be mine,
Men by that Stamp shall quickly know the Coyn.
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Mean while I will not dare to make a NameTo represent thee by;
Adam (Gods Nomenclator) could not frame
One that enough should signifie.
Astræa or Cælia as unfit would prove
For Thee, as 'tis to call the Deity, Jove.
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