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WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT 339 To Chloe

Who for Ms sake wished herself younger

THERE are two births j the one when light First strikes the new awaken'd sense; The other when two souls unite,

And we must count our life from thence: When you loved me and I loved you Then both of us were born anew.

Love then to us new souls did give

And in those souls did plant new powers;

Since when another life we live,

The breath we breathe is his, not ours:

Love makes those young whom age doth chill,

And whom he finds young keeps young still.

��340 Falsehood

STILL do the stars impart their light To those that travel in the night; Still time runs on, nor doth the hand Or shadow on the dial stand; The streams still glide and constant are: Only thy mind Untrue I find, Which carelessly Neglects to be Like stream or shadow, hand or star.

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