 | Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd |  |
To Ostella.
VVould'st thou live, and have thy Name,
stand glorious in the eys of Men,
And fixt above the common aym,
make thy Sex Emulate thy Fame.
stand glorious in the eys of Men,
And fixt above the common aym,
make thy Sex Emulate thy Fame.
And Treasur'd up in Story be
an ever-living Fame to them?
Or would'st thou to example thee,
raise Flames in all Posterity?
an ever-living Fame to them?
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raise Flames in all Posterity?
Then let thy Lenity re-seat
My Heart, late Captiv'd by thy power;
Raise it, to make thy own more Great:
they best can save that can Defeat.
So Cæsar's setting up of Pompey's Name,
Made his own stand secure with brighter Fame.
My Heart, late Captiv'd by thy power;
Raise it, to make thy own more Great:
they best can save that can Defeat.
So Cæsar's setting up of Pompey's Name,
Made his own stand secure with brighter Fame.
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