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Poems and Translations upon Several Occasions [by Mary Monck]
  

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Madrigal V.

[The Beauteous cruel Maid]

The Beauteous cruel Maid,
Begins to feel the Injuries of Age;
And yet my Love
Do's neither Ease nor Respite prove;
Time's swift and powerful Aid
Is come too late, my Passion to asswage;
For tho' the Flame to Ashes turns
My Heart still burns.