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Poesis Rediviva
or, Poesie Reviv'd. By John Collop
Collop, John
[epigraph]
[dedication]
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Poesis Rediviva
To one wond'ring at my various colour'd Mistresse.
Love
is begot 'twixt idlenesse and lust;
The mettle that's not us'd, can't chuse but rust.
These Codpiece loves but phancies are at best,
They nere show well, if not in colours drest.
Poesis Rediviva