Poems By the most deservedly Admired Mrs Katherine Philips: The matchless Orinda. To which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace Tragedies. With several other Translations out of French |
To the Queen of Inconstancy, Regina Collier, in Antwerp.
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To the Queen of Inconstancy, Regina Collier, in Antwerp.
1
Unworthy, since thou hast decreedThy Love and Honour both shall bleed,
My Friendship could not chuse to die
In better time or company.
2
What thou hast got by this ExchangeThou wilt perceive, when the Revenge
Shall by those treacheries be made,
For which our Faith thou hast betray'd.
3
When thy Idolaters shall beTrue to themselves, and false to thee,
Thou'lt see that in Heart-merchandise,
Value, not Number, makes the price.
4
Live to that day, my InnocenceShall be my Friendship's just defence:
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While thou wert noble, I was kind.
5
The desp'rate game that thou dost playAt private Ruines cannot stay;
The horrid treachery of that Face
Will sure undo its native place.
6
Then let the Frenchmen never fearThe victory while thou art there:
For if Sins will call Judgments down,
Thou hast enough to stock the Town.
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