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Men-Miracles

With other Poemes. By M. LL. St [i.e.Martin Lluelyn]
  

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To the same, being his Valentine.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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To the same, being his Valentine.

Madam,

I should not chide my paine, nor torments rue,
Had they allow'd my Pen addresse to you.
But my distemper now must weare this brand,
The wound which op'd my Arme, still shut my hand.
Lame Offerings still enrage, where they would please,
Th'are Adoration halfe, and halfe Disease.
Then fitter 'twas to let my Homage fall,
Then date that service from some Hospitall.
Now, though I not converse with Salves, nor feele
My old acquaintance with the Launce and steele:
Though each wound weare the face of safety in't,
And all my Linnen is no longer Lint.
Yet these are empty Triumphs, and all this
Speakes but the Proeme to a fairer blisse.
I weare your name, first worne in my firme mind,
Here chance had Eyes, and fortune was not blind.
Long safety waites me now, and a health sure,
Your name was still my glory, now my Cure.