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Two loves I have of comfort and dispaire, Which like two spirits do sugiest me still, The better angell is a man right faire: The worser spirit a woman collour’d il. To win me soone to hell my femall evill, Tempteth my better angel from my side, And would corrupt my saint to be a divel: Wooing his purity with her fowle pride. And whether that my angel be turn’d finde, Suspect I may, yet not directly tell, But being both from me both to each…
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If thy soule check thee that I come so neere, Sweare to thy blind soule that I was thy Will, And will thy soule knowes is admitted there, Thus farre for love, my love-sute sweet fullfill. Will, will fulfill the treasure of thy love, I fill it full with wils, and my will one, In things of great receit with ease we proove, Among a number one is reckon’d none. Then in the number let me passe untold, Though in thy stores account I one must be,…
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The little Love-God lying once a sleepe, Laid by his side his heart inflaming brand, Whilst many Nymphes that vou’d chast life to keep, Came tripping by, but in her maiden hand, The fayrest votary tooke up that fire, Which many Legions of true hearts had warm’d, And so the Generall of hot desire, Was sleeping by a Virgin hand disarm’d. This brand she quenched in a coole Well by, Which from loves fire tooke heat perpetuall, Growing a bath…
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Cupid laid by his brand and fell a sleepe, A maide of Dyans this advantage found, And his love-kindling fire did quickly steepe In a could vallie-fountaine of that ground: Which borrowd from this holie fire of love, A datelesse lively heat still to indure, And grew a seething bath which yet men prove, Against strong malladies a soveraigne cure: But at my mistres eie loves brand new fired, The boy for triall needes would touch my brest, I…
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