::t) P The Hiftory of SA .,WP S 0 N. Seefi thou the fruitful womb? how every year It moves thy Cr adie ; to thy flender ehear Invites another guefi, and mnkes thee father · T<? a new fon, who now, purchance,~ad'firat~ler Ermg up the old, efieeming propaganon A thanklefs work of fuper:ere>ration. Perchance the formal Midwife feems to thee I.efs welcome now, than the was wont to be: Thou fiand'fi amaz'd--to hear fuch needful joy, And car~fi as little for it, as the boy That's newly born into the world; nay \vorfe, Perchance thou gnirnblefi, counting it a curfe Unto thy faint eftate, which is not able ~rincreafe the bounty of thy flender Table; Poor miferable man what e'r thou be, I fuffer for thy crooked thoughts, not thee: I Thou t~k'fl: thy children to be gifts ofnature; Their wit, their flouring beauty, comly fiature, their perfect health, their daint:Y difpofition, / Their vertues, and their eafie acquifition . · Ofcurious Arts, their ftrengths attian'd perfectwn, You rttrribute to that benign complexion, Wherewith your Goddefs Nature hath indow'd · Their well 'difpofed Organs ; and are proud; And hear your Goddefs ]eaves you to deplore, That fuch admir'd perfeltions Jhould be poor : ·' Advance thine eyes, no lefs -'than ·wilful. blind? A1id with thine eyes, advance thy droopmg mmd : CorreCt thy thoughts ; let not thy wond'ring eye Adore the Servant,when the Matter's by : took ·on the God of Nature : From him come Thefe under prized bldlings of the womb : He makes thee riclrin children; wher. his fl:ore Crowns thee wi rh v.rcalth,why mak'fl: thou thy felfpoor? ' He opes the womb; why then fhould'11 thou r.~pine? I ' They are his children, mortal, and not thine : \Ve I
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