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As all the vertuous powers which are
Fix'd in the starres, are said to flow
Into such characters, as graved bee 35
When these starres have supremacie:


VII.

So, since this name was cut
When love and griefe their exaltation had,
No doore 'gainst this names influence shut;
As much more loving, as more sad, 40
'Twill make thee; and thou shouldst, till I returne,
Since I die daily, daily mourne.


VIII.

When thy inconsiderate hand
Flings ope this casement, with my trembling name,
To looke on one, whose wit or land, 45
New battry to thy heart may frame,
Then thinke this name alive, and that thou thus
In it offendst my Genius.


IX.

And when thy melted maid,
Corrupted by thy Lover's gold, and page, 50
His letter at thy pillow'hath laid,
Disputed it, and tam'd thy rage,
And thou begin'st to thaw towards him, for this,
May my name step in, and hide his.


X.

And if this treason goe 55
To an overt act, and that thou write againe;
In superscribing, this name flow
Into thy fancy, from the pane.
So, in forgetting thou remembrest right,
And unaware to mee shalt write. 60


XI.

But glasse, and lines must bee,
No meanes our firme substantiall love to keepe;
Neere death inflicts this lethargie,
And this I murmure in my sleepe;
Impute this idle talke, to that I goe, 65
For dying men talke often so.


[A Valediction: Of _&c. _ _D_, _H49:_ A Valediction of _&c. _
_1633-69_, _H40_, _Lec_; Valediction of _&c. _ _A18_, _N_,
_TCC_, _TCD:_ A Valediction of my name in the Glasse Window
_Cy:_ A Valediction to _&c.
_ _B:_ Valediction 4: of Glasse
_O'F:_ Valediction in Glasse _P:_ The Diamond and Glasse _S:_
Vpon the ingravinge of his name with a Diamonde in his mistris
windowe when he was to travel. _S96_ (_This is added to the
title in O'F. _): _similarly, JC_]

[4 was; _Ed:_ was, _1633-69_]

[5 eye] eyes _A18_, _B_, _Cy_, _JC_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_,
_S96_, _TC_]

[8 I, _1633-54:_ I _1669_]

[12 am you. ] see you. _1669_]

[14 accessaries _1633-69_, _O'F_, _S:_ accessary _A18_, _B_,
_Cy_, _D_, _H40_, _H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S96_, _TC_]

[15 tempests _1633_, _1669:_ tempest _1635-54_]

[19 Or, _Ed:_ Or _1633-69_]

[32 so. _1633-35:_ so, _1639-69_, _Chambers_. _See note_]

[34 flow _Ed:_ flow, _1633-69_]

[36 these _1633:_ those _1635-69_

have] had _1669_

supremacie: _1633-69:_ supremacie. _1650-69_. _See note_]

[37 So, _Ed:_ So _1633-69_]

[39 shut; _Ed:_ shut, _1633-69_]

[44 ope _1633-69_, _O'F_, _S96:_ out _A18_, _B_, _D_, _H40_,
_H49_, _JC_, _Lec_, _N_, _P_, _S_, _TC_]

[48 offendst] offends _1669_]

[50 and] or _1669_, _JC_, _O'F_, _S96_]

[52-3

Disputed thou it, and tame thy rage.
If thou to him begin'st to thaw for this,

_1669_]

[55 goe] growe _JC_, _O'F_, _S_]

[56 againe; _1633:_ againe: _1635-69_]

[57 this] my _1669_]

[58 pane. _1633:_ Pen, _1635-69_, _O'F_, _S_]

[60 unaware] unawares _B_, _N_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_, _TC_]

[64 this] thus _1635-69_, _O'F_, _P_, _S_, _S96_]




_Twicknam garden. _

Blasted with sighs, and surrounded with teares,
Hither I come to seeke the spring,
And at mine eyes, and at mine eares,
Receive such balmes, as else cure every thing;
But O, selfe traytor, I do bring 5
The spider love, which transubstantiates all,
And can convert Manna to gall,
And that this place may thoroughly be thought
True Paradise, I have the serpent brought.

'Twere wholsomer for mee, that winter did 10
Benight the glory of this place,
And that a grave frost did forbid
These trees to laugh, and mocke mee to my face;
But that I may not this disgrace
Indure, nor yet leave loving, Love let mee 15
Some senslesse peece of this place bee;
Make me a mandrake, so I may groane here,
Or a stone fountaine weeping out my yeare.

Hither with christall vyals, lovers come,
And take my teares, which are loves wine, 20
And try your mistresse Teares at home,
For all are false, that tast not just like mine;
Alas, hearts do not in eyes shine,
Nor can you more judge womans thoughts by teares,
Then by her shadow, what she weares. 25
O perverse sexe, where none is true but shee,
Who's therefore true, because her truth kills mee.


[Twicknam garden.