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HER ANSWER
Thirsis, I wish, as well as you,
To Honour there were nothing due,
Then would I pay my Debt of Love
In the same Coin that you approve;
Which now you must in Friendship take,
'Tis all the Payment I can make;
Friendship so high, that I must say,
'Tis rather Love, with some Allay;
And rest contented, since that I
As well my self as you deny.
Learn then of me, bravely to bear,
The want of what you hold most dear;
And that which Honour does in me,
Let my Example work in thee.
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