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The Contempt of this World, raises the Others Esteem.
When all the Vertue we can here put on,Is but refined Imperfection,
Corruption Calcin'd: A Minerall vain,
Where Clay (to be more priz'd) some Ore doth gain:
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To learn wherein Truest Contentments are,
And how attain'd? The Jewellers command
O're Art, is how to Foyle the Diamond
As may add Lustre to it: So, who tries
Less to Esteem of This worlds Flatteries,
Sets higher Value on the Other, where
Perfection proves th' Eternall Jeweller.
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