an Heroick Poem.
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62.
Grief's want of use does dang'rous weakness make;
But we by use of Burdens are made strong;
And in our practis'd Age can calmly take
Those sorrows, which like Feavers, vex the young.
Grief's want of use does dang'rous weakness make;
But we by use of Burdens are made strong;
And in our practis'd Age can calmly take
Those sorrows, which like Feavers, vex the young.
63.
When you in Love's fair Books (which Poets keep)
Read what they hide, his Tragick History,
You will rejoyce that half your time is sleep,
And smile at Love when Nature bids you die.
When you in Love's fair Books (which Poets keep)
Read what they hide, his Tragick History,
You will rejoyce that half your time is sleep,
And smile at Love when Nature bids you die.
64.
Learn then that Love's diseases common are;
Do not in sickness known (though new to you)
Whilst vital hear does last, of cure despair:
Love's vital heat does last, whilst Love is true.
Learn then that Love's diseases common are;
Do not in sickness known (though new to you)
Whilst vital hear does last, of cure despair:
Love's vital heat does last, whilst Love is true.
65.
Thus spake the kind and prudent Astragon:
And much their kind impatience he appeas'd,
For of his griefs (which heavier than their own
Were born by both) their duteous fears are eas'd.
Thus spake the kind and prudent Astragon:
And much their kind impatience he appeas'd,
For of his griefs (which heavier than their own
Were born by both) their duteous fears are eas'd.
66.
She begs that he would pardon her distress,
Thought that even sin which did her sorrows move;
And then with all her Mothers lowliness,
His pardon craves for asking leave to love.
She begs that he would pardon her distress,
Thought that even sin which did her sorrows move;
And then with all her Mothers lowliness,
His pardon craves for asking leave to love.
67.
The Duke who saw fair Truth so undisguis'd,
And love in all, but love so unconcern'd,
Pity'd the studious world, and all despis'd
Who did not here unlearn, what they had learn'd.
The Duke who saw fair Truth so undisguis'd,
And love in all, but love so unconcern'd,
Pity'd the studious world, and all despis'd
Who did not here unlearn, what they had learn'd.
68.
I am reform'd (said he) not that before
I wanted love, or that my love was ill;
But I have learnt to perfect Nature more
By giving innocence a little skill.
I am reform'd (said he) not that before
I wanted love, or that my love was ill;
But I have learnt to perfect Nature more
By giving innocence a little skill.
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