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The Poems of Anne
Nor yett so poor to fright the Gout awayMay you but some unfrequent Visits findTo prove you patient, your Ardelia kindWho by a tender and officious careWill ease that Grief or her proportion bearSince Heaven does in the Nuptial state admittSuch cares but new endearments to begett 60And to allay the hard fatigues of lifeGaue the first Maid a Husband, Him a Wife.

UPON THE DEATH OF THE RIGHT HONORABLE WILLIAM LORD MAIDSTON

Who was a Volunteere in the Sol-bay Fight and kill'd by a Random shott, after the fight was over and the Fleets parted. On May 28th, 1672
Fate 'till the Day was ours, wou'd not dispenseWith Maidston's aid, for Brittan's strong defence:But then, least Pride, might by successe prevaile,Threw in His losse, to poize th' unequal skale;Giving us Sway; the Dutch a cause to boastThey'd kill'd one man, excelling all they losst.

FROM THE MUSES, AT PARNASSUS

(a hill so call'd in Eastwell Park) to the Right Honble ye Ldy: Maidston on my Lord Winchilsea's Birth-day

Wonder not, Madam, that the Muses payTheir gratefull tribute, on this happy day;And in loud wishes, all their force employ,That many more, like this, you may enjoy;Since from your own Parnassus, they receivePleasure's, which theirs in Phocis, never gave;And own, whilst here they reach the height of blisse,Their forked hill, was but a type of this.See where they come, their brows with lawrel bound,And hear the neighbouring woods, repeat the sound, 10
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