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De Nuptiis Pudentis & Claudiæ Epig. 13.
Strange, Claudia's married to a friend of mine,O Hymen be thou ready with thy Pine!
Thus the rare Cinnamons with the Spicknard joyne:
And the Thesean sweets, with massick wine.
Nor bettor doe the Elm and Vine embrace,
Nor the Lote tree affect the fenny place.
Nor yet the Myrtles more
Love and desire the shore.
Let a perpetual peace surround thy bed,
And may their loves with equall fire be fed!
May she so love him old, that to him shee,
Though old indeed, may not seem so to bee.
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