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Posthume Poems of Richard Lovelace
Lovelace, Richard (1618-1658)
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THE DEDICATION. To the Right Honorable John Lovelace Esquire.
POEMS.
TRANSLATIONS
ELEGIES SACRED To the Memory of the AUTHOR:
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[Mart. Ep.15. lib.6.] Englished.
Whilst in an Amber-shade the Ant doth feast
A gummy drop ensnares the small wild beast,
A full reward of all her toyls hath she,
'Tis to be thought she would her self so die.
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