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Goe haplesse virgin! Fortune be thy guide,
And thine owne vertues; and what else beside,
That may be prosperous: may thy merits find
More happinesse, then thy distressed mind
Can hope; Liue, and to after ages proue
The great example of true Faith and Loue:
Gone, gone she is; but whither she is gone,
The gods, and fortune can resolue alone;
Pardon my Quill, that is enforc'd to stray
From a poore Lady, in an vnknowne way.
And thine owne vertues; and what else beside,
That may be prosperous: may thy merits find
More happinesse, then thy distressed mind
Can hope; Liue, and to after ages proue
The great example of true Faith and Loue:
Gone, gone she is; but whither she is gone,
The gods, and fortune can resolue alone;
Pardon my Quill, that is enforc'd to stray
From a poore Lady, in an vnknowne way.
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