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On my Picture.
See here the Shadow of another Shade,Which, like its Picture, soon away will fade;
To Worms and Moths a Portion soon will fall,
Both short-liv'd Copy and Original.
And yet rejoice, my Friends, since th' unseen mind
Lives when dead Shades and Corps are left behind;
And shall we be concern'd what will become
Of fading Faces, rotten Bones and Tomb,
Whilst th' unseen Mind, whose form no art can draw,
Exempted is from Deaths severer Law?
Virtue doth Life and lasting Beauty give;
Virtue and virtuous minds for ever live;
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Of losing God, Joys, Friends, is no more fear.
Rejoice then Friends, this Glory make your choice,
Always do good, always in God rejoice.
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