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The wealth that loads inticing Autumne growWithin your reach; let hasty Rivers flow'Till on your shores, they skaly Tribute pay,Then ebbe themselves in empty Waves away:Let each pale Flow'r, that springeth there, have pow'rT'invite a Sunne-beame, and command a Show'r;The dew that falls about you taste of Wine,Each abject Weed change root, and be a Vine!But I with this prophetick plenty growAlready rich, and proud; 'cause then I knowThe Poets of this Isle, in Vineyards mayRejoyce, whilst others thirst in groves of Bay!Sir, let me not your wary patience move;And sinne, with too much courage of my love!He that in strength of wishes, next shall trie,T'increase your blessings with his Poesie,May shew a fiercer Wit, and cleaner Art,But not a more sincere, and eager Heart.

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