an Heroick Poem.
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41.
She thinks how her imagin'd Spouse and she,
So much from Heav'n, may by her virtues gain;
That they by Time shall ne'r oretaken be,
No more than Time himself is overta'ne.
She thinks how her imagin'd Spouse and she,
So much from Heav'n, may by her virtues gain;
That they by Time shall ne'r oretaken be,
No more than Time himself is overta'ne.
42.
Or should he touch them as he by does pass,
Heav'ns favour may repay their Summers gone,
And he so mix their sand in a slow Glass,
That they shall live, and not as Two, but One.
Or should he touch them as he by does pass,
Heav'ns favour may repay their Summers gone,
And he so mix their sand in a slow Glass,
That they shall live, and not as Two, but One.
43.
She thinks of Eden-life; and no rough wind,
In their pacifique Sea shall wrinkles make;
That still her lowliness shall keep him kind,
Her cares keep him asleep, her voice awake.
She thinks of Eden-life; and no rough wind,
In their pacifique Sea shall wrinkles make;
That still her lowliness shall keep him kind,
Her cares keep him asleep, her voice awake.
44.
She thinks, if ever anger in him sway
(The Youthfull Warriours most excus'd disease)
Such chance her Tears shall calm, as showres allay
The accidental rage of Winds and Seas.
She thinks, if ever anger in him sway
(The Youthfull Warriours most excus'd disease)
Such chance her Tears shall calm, as showres allay
The accidental rage of Winds and Seas.
45.
She thinks that Babes proceed from mingling Eyes,
Or Heav'n from Neighbourhood increase allows,
As Palm, and the Mamora fructifies;
Or they are got, by closs exchanging vows.
She thinks that Babes proceed from mingling Eyes,
Or Heav'n from Neighbourhood increase allows,
As Palm, and the Mamora fructifies;
Or they are got, by closs exchanging vows.
46.
But come they (as she hears) from Mothers pain,
(Which by th'unlucky first-Maids longing, proves
A lasting curse) yet that she will sustain,
So they be like this Heav'nly Man she loves.
But come they (as she hears) from Mothers pain,
(Which by th'unlucky first-Maids longing, proves
A lasting curse) yet that she will sustain,
So they be like this Heav'nly Man she loves.
47.
Thus to her self in day-dreams Birtha talks;
The Duke (whose wounds of war are healthfull grown)
To cure Love's wounds, seeks Birtha where she walks;
Whose wandring Soul, seeks him to cure her own.
Thus to her self in day-dreams Birtha talks;
The Duke (whose wounds of war are healthfull grown)
To cure Love's wounds, seeks Birtha where she walks;
Whose wandring Soul, seeks him to cure her own.
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