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Her Influence.
I.
I vow that thou alone art she,Who can revive the Sparks of Love in me;
They in the in ward Chambers of my Soul
Lurkt for a while, till the reviving Beams,
Did, like the Moon, my toyling Blood controul,
And made it rise in higher Streams,
To drown thee all in Poetry.
II
That Star that carries Time within his Arms,And with its Morning Blush the World alarms,
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My World receives new Light from thine,
And like a Planet moves about her Sphere;
'T would fain, but yet durst not be medling there,
Lest, through the bold Assaults of Love,
We both one blazing Comet prove.
III
Oh let me ev'ry DaySome beauteous Object find,
Who in a pleasing fit may say,
Write on and I'll be kind;
The Charms of Beauty so effectual prove,
My Lines with her would sympathize in Love:
So the great Sun that visits all,
That sees and pierces through this earthly Ball,
Unsullied with the Stage he run,
With Peace does in the Waters lay him down,
So pleas'd with that which Nature did display,
He runs the same Stage over ev'ry Day.
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