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| To M. T. W. |
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| Hast thee harsh verse as fast as thy lame measure |
| Will give thee leave, to him; My pain, & pleasure |
| I have given thee, and yet thou art too weake, |
| Feete and a reasoning soule and tongue to speake. |
| Tell him, all questions, which men have defended |
| Both of the place and paines of hell, are ended; |
| And 'tis decreed our hell is but privation |
| Of him, at least in this earths habitation: |
| And 'tis where I am, where in every street |
| Infections follow, overtake, and meete: |
| Live I or die, by you my love is sent, |
| And you'are my pawnes, or else my Testament. |
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| To M. T. W. |
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| Pregnant again with th'old twins Hope, and Feare, |
| Oft have I askt for thee, both how and where |
| Thou wert, and what my hopes of letters were; |
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| As in our streets sly beggers narrowly |
| Watch motions of the givers hand or eye, |
| And evermore conceive some hope thereby.
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