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TO

THE QVEENE,

entertain’d at night by

the Countesse of Anglesey.

Faire as unshaded Light; or as the DayIn its first birth, when all the Yeare was May;Sweet, as the Altars smoake, or as the newUnfolded Bud, swell'd by the early Dew;Smooth, as the face of Waters first appear'd,Ere Tides began to strive, or Winds were heard;Kind, as the willing Saints, and calmer farre,Than in their sleepes forgiven Hermits are:You that are more, than our discreeter feareDares praise, with such dull Art, what make you here?

Here,

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