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ON THE HEROINÆ |
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ON THE HEROINÆ
Here's a brave Looking-glasse, where wee may seeDeath swallow'd up by Fame's Eternitie:
This is the conjuring Mirrour, that presents
Our Dying Dames with living Monuments,
Tombs of eternall Glory, which surpasse
The brittle Frames of Iron, Stone, or Brasse.
Here, Ladyes, by example you may dresse
And trim your Soules with Crowns of Blessednes.
Vertue & Honour are a lovely Prize,
Not to be taken up with mortall Eyes.
Your other Glasses represent no more
Than the faire Blossoms of a fading Flow'r:
But in this cleer Reflection are enshrin'd
The everlasting Beautyes of the Mind.
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