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Miscellanies.
Pleasure.
On these downy Pillows lye,
Whose soft Plumes will thither fly:
On these Roses strow'd so plain
Lest one Leaf thy Side should strain.

Soul.
My gentler Rest is on a Thought,
Conscious of doing what I ought.

Pleasure.
If thou bee'st with Perfumes pleas'd,
Such as oft the Gods appeas'd,
Thou in fragrant Clouds shalt show
Like another God below.

Soul.
A Soul that knowes not to presume
Is Heaven's and its own perfume.

Pleasure.
Every thing does seem to vie
Which should first attract thine Eye:
But since none deserves that grace,
In this Crystal view thy face.

Soul.
When the Creator's skill is priz'd,
The rest is all but Earth disguis'd.

Pleasure.
Heark how Musick then prepares
For thy Stay these charming Aires;

Which

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