William Strode Poems

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What mystery was this; that I should finde
My blood in kissing you to stay behinde?
'Twas not for want of color that requirde
My blood for paynt: No dye could be desirde
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A New Year's Gift

We are prevented; you whose Presence is
A Publick New-yeares gift, a Common bliss
To all that Love or Feare, give no man leave
To vie a Gift but first he shall receave;
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Keepe On Your Maske And Hide Your Eye

Keepe on your maske, and hide your eye,
For with beholding you I dye:
Your fatall beauty, Gorgon-like,
Dead with astonishment will strike;
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14.
Consolatorium, Ad Parentes

Lett her parents then confesse
That they beleeve her happinesse,
Which now they question. Thinke as you
Lent her the world, Heaven lent her you:
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15.
A Purse-String

We hugg, imprison, hang, and save,
This foe, this friend, our Lord, our slave.
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16.
An Epitaph On Sr John Walter, Lord Cheife Baron

Farewell Example, Living Rule farewell;
Whose practise shew'd goodness was possible,
Who reach'd the full outstretch'd perfection
Of Man, of Lawyer, and of Christian.
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17.
A Watch Sent Home To Mrs. Eliz: King, Wrapt In Theis Verses

Goe and count her better houres;
They more happie are than ours.
The day that gives her any blisse
Make it as long againe as tis:
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18.
Epitaph On Mr. Bridgeman

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A Watch-String

Tyme's picture here invites your eyes,
See with how running wheeles it flyes!
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20.
An Eare-Stringe

'Tis vayne to add a ring or gemme,
Your eare itselfe outpasseth them.
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