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[To gett a Love & Beauty so devine]
To gett a Love & Beauty so devine,(In these so warye times) the fact must be,
Of greater fortunes to the world then myne;
Those are the stepps to that felicitye;
For love no other gate hath then the Eyes,
And inward worth is now esteem'd as none;
Mere outsides onely to that blessing rise,
Which Truth & Love did once account their owne;
Yet as she wants her fairer, she may misse
The common cause of Loue, and be as free
From Earth, as her composure heauenly is;
If not, I restles rest in miserie,
And daily wish to keepe me from despaire,
Fortune my Mistris, or you not so faire.
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