The Temple of Death, Art of Poetry, Duel of the Stags, etc (1695)/Answer

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ANSWER.

By the same Author.

Thyrsis, I wish, as well as you,To Honour there were nothing due:Then would I pay my Debt of LoveIn the same Coin that you approve;Which now you must in Friendship take,'Tis all the Payment I can make;Friendship so high, that I must say,'Tis rather Love with some allay.And rest contented, since that IAs well my self as you deny.Learn then of me bravely to bearThe want of what you hold most dear;And that which Honour does in me,Let my Example work on thee.
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