Claraphil and Clarinda in a forrest of fancies. By Tho: Jordan |
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A Wish for a Widow, in the Character of a good Husband.
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A Wish for a Widow, in the Character of a good Husband.
If a white Wish, wing'd with a Zeal, more brightThan Prayers, proceeding from an Anchorite,
When he bedews with tears the sacred shrine,
May prove propitious, pray accept of mine:
If't be decreed, Himen shall once more light
His holy Tapers for your Bridal Night,
May he be such a Consort, as excels
The vast extent of largest Paralels;
May the renown'd Endowments of his Mind,
Be the epitome of all Mankind:
May the Effigies of his Beauties, be
Th' Exact Idea of a Deity;
Let him in such high seas of Learning swim,
That all the Sciences may study Him.
Next, I would him Valiant, and further
From Tyranny, than Mercy is from Murther,
And his own Actions such a Vollume be,
As shall exceed all Rules of Heraldry:
May he be one, whose most auspicious stars
Designs him to compose these Civil wars;
For you are Mistresse of such merit, that
None but one destin'd to erect a State,
Short of all this, May he supply't with Love,
And Court you with such a divine respect
As (at last day) the Saints shall the Elect:
So loyall to your Bed, that he may deem
No Woman but your self was made for him,
So shall you nere be jealous, but expell
That plague which turns a Marriage to a Hell:
May you live free from Sorrows, nay, from Fears,
Growing no lesse in Graces, than in years:
But if a widow'd life you think more bliss,
May that prove full as happy to you as this.
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