Latine Songs With their English: and Poems. By Henry Bold ... Collected and perfected by Captain William Bold |
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New Year
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New Year
to W. M. Esq;
Now when the honest Tenant gladly brings
His Eunuch't Gift, (to shew that love hath Wings)
Prompted by his Customs, (by nature) so,
My half hatch't Muse becomes penfeather'd too,
For (tho I'm but at will and can't renew,
Yet,) during Life I hold mine all from you,
You (my best Genius) whose Indulgent Care
Confirms me, there's none other Tutelar:
My Glory and my Comfort, All in All,
A narure truly supernatural.
Had Plutarch liv'd, and known you half so well,
Y'had puzled him t'have found your Parallel.
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As neither you, nor I should dare to wish.
Quiet in State and mind oh may you prove
Content in all things, as your Ladies love.
And may your mutual Embraces bind
Not only bodies but each others mind,
Which never any Power may untye,
Untill that either one, or both shall dye.
May both your Sons be like you in th' Extreme,
And then I'le swear none e're shall be like them,
May you still have your Will, and ne're want Powers,
And I ne're be my self but when I'm
Yours.
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