The Whole Works of William Browne of Tavistock ... Now first collected and edited, with a memoir of the poet, and notes, by W. Carew Hazlitt, of the Inner Temple |
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But where's the Fortresse that can Loue debar?
The forces to oppose when he makes war?
The Watch which he shall neuer finde asleepe?
The Spye that shall disclose his counsels deepe?
That Fort, that Force, that Watch, that Spye would be
A lasting stop to a fifth Emperie.
But we as well may keepe the heat from fire
As seuer hearts whom loue hath made intire.
The forces to oppose when he makes war?
The Watch which he shall neuer finde asleepe?
The Spye that shall disclose his counsels deepe?
That Fort, that Force, that Watch, that Spye would be
A lasting stop to a fifth Emperie.
But we as well may keepe the heat from fire
As seuer hearts whom loue hath made intire.
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