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Miscellanies.
IV.
Nature so her self does use
To lay by her wonted State,
Lest the World should separate;
Sudden Parting closer glews.
Nature so her self does use
To lay by her wonted State,
Lest the World should separate;
Sudden Parting closer glews.
V.
He, weil read in all the wayes
By which men their Siege maintain,
Knew not that the Fort to gain
Better 'twas the Siege to raise.
He, weil read in all the wayes
By which men their Siege maintain,
Knew not that the Fort to gain
Better 'twas the Siege to raise.
VI.
But he came so full possest
With the Grief of Parting thence,
That he had not so much Sence
As to see he might be blest.
But he came so full possest
With the Grief of Parting thence,
That he had not so much Sence
As to see he might be blest.
VII.
Till Love in her Language breath'd
Words she never spake before;
But then Legacies no more
To a dying Man bequeath'd.
Till Love in her Language breath'd
Words she never spake before;
But then Legacies no more
To a dying Man bequeath'd.
VIII.
For, Alas, the time was spent,
Now the latest minut's run
When poor Daphnis is undone,
Between Joy and Sorrow rent.
For, Alas, the time was spent,
Now the latest minut's run
When poor Daphnis is undone,
Between Joy and Sorrow rent.
IX.
At that Why, that Stay my Dear,
His disorder'd Locks he tare;
And with rouling Eyes did glare,
And his cruel fate forswear.
At that Why, that Stay my Dear,
His disorder'd Locks he tare;
And with rouling Eyes did glare,
And his cruel fate forswear.
X.