; . lt. LAdies, let not your emulous flomacllS f'wen·· Tohear perfeftion ctown'd: Theremayaccrue Some honour to your na~~s : If you ex.cell, 1o1J.et Birdbath fruitful wings, which dailymue More ij>rightlyQ!iills thanours ; dyyou as well, (Heav'ngrant ye may) they'll do no Iefs for you! Till then expelt it not, know half your glory Shines at yourdeath;but dead,theywill reftoreye F~~myour forgotten dufi,nndwrite your perfeB: ftory. .... ·~· MAy this rare pm:etndwell before your eye, · · When titne ·1hall ·pleafe t' unclafp your ftefhy Her h()tydeathwill t~ath yeall to dy, (Cage; And fcorn the malice ofinfernal Rage; Sh(! dy'd ath~Ir'her dctys ; a11~ knowye, why! She was aRule propos'd to youth, to Ag~; She was aLighf, that glorifi~d y~ur days; Obftur'd, alone~ by our inferiour praife; The virtue of the worldwas bu~ her Periphrafe. I~· N Owblow thy Trump, and f.ee if~nvy durfl: Prefume· ~o fnarle, or vent ht?r frothy g;dl . Fame blowaloud : Let Envy fnark her ~orfi ; ·Do; let her fret, and fume' and foam, .and fall St~r~ m~d : Blow louder, till the l)~dla~ .burfi~ And fiink; and taint her news-corruptmg Hall }llowfame and fpare not:Iffome bafe-bred tongue That wants a name to lofe,fhouldchaqc<; t(l "Yrong Thy honour;d 'rrm:npets bre~th~ ~hen make thy blaft · · 14. (mor~ ftrong. 0 But this Lighf is out: what wakeful eye . E'r mark'dth~ ·progrefs of the QEeell of LJght:a– R"ob'dwith full golry hi her Aafirian skie,_ · Untill at kngrh inher young noon of mght,. fo.. fw~rth le:.npdl:uous Cioud cloth rife, al1d n(e, · , And
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