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With learned falshood most unkindly dreameOf ev'ry Ghost; but like a beautious Beame.The Lilly, and the Rose; which Lovers seeke,Not on their stalks, but on their Ladies Cheeke;Shall here not dare take root; nor yet the strangeAnd various Tulip; which so oft doth changeHer am'rous Colours to a diff'rent hew,That yearly Men beleeve the Species New.In stead of these; on ev'ry Bank I'le shew(Blith on his stemme) the nice Adonis grow;Who though, in's beauties warm'th belov'd of old;His transmutation only makes him cold;For the amazed Goddesse now perceives,Him scarce so faire in's Flesh, as in his Leaves.Then proud Narcissus; whose rare beauty hadFarre lesse excuse, and cause, to make him mad,When in his owne Eyes, flourishing alive;Than since he was become a Vegative.With these, the jealous Crocus, and the chasteAnemone, whose blushes ever last.Now for a cooling Shade, what use have weeOf the delightfull Lydian-Platan-Tree,

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