 | Ostella Or the Faction of Love and Beauty Reconcil'd |  |
Reason.
Reason
and I long time known friends,
in all things did comply,
Till suddenly for unknown ends
It shun'd my company:
in all things did comply,
Till suddenly for unknown ends
It shun'd my company:
And whatsoe're I said or did,
It still did flie the Sense,
As though some Sophistry lay hid,
Or Errour came from thence.
It still did flie the Sense,
As though some Sophistry lay hid,
Or Errour came from thence.
At last admiring at the Cause
of its so strange Neglect,
I Conjur'd it by it's own Laws,
to yield me more respect:
of its so strange Neglect,
I Conjur'd it by it's own Laws,
to yield me more respect:
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And to resolve me speedily
why We at difference were,
Since first a solemn League did tie
us, to a Sense more fair,
Knowing I was in Love, it answered me,
Reason and Madmen never could agree.
why We at difference were,
Since first a solemn League did tie
us, to a Sense more fair,
Knowing I was in Love, it answered me,
Reason and Madmen never could agree.
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