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On the Death of the Lady Marquess of Winchester.
In care, lest some advent'rous Lover may(T'increase his love) cast his own Stock away;
I (that finde, th' use of grief is to grow wise)
Forbid all traffique now, 'twixt Hearts and Eyes:
Our remnant-love, let us discreetly save,
Since not augment; for Love lies in the Grave.
Lest Men; whose patience is their senses sloth,
That onely live, t' expect the tedious growth
Of what the following Summer slowly yields;
Whose fair Elizium, is their furrow'd Fields,
Lest these, should so much prize mortalitie;
They ne're would reach the wit, or faith to die;
Know Summer comes no more; to the dark bed
Our Sun is gone; the hopeful Spring is dead.
And least kind Poets that delight to raise
(With their just truths, not extasie of praise)
Beauty to Fame; should rashly overthrow
The credit of their Songs; I let them know
Their Theame is lost, so lost, that I have griev'd,
They never more can praise, and be believ'd.
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