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HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 45 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH

First Line: THEE FOR THY VIRTUES I ALONE ADMIRE
Last Line: WHEN WE TWO, ONE, HAVE BOTH A DIFF'RENT MIND?
Thee for thy virtues I alone admire,
Azile mine, but mine no more thou art;
Yet canst thou not those raging flames expire
Of Love, unless thou hast a double heart:
O double not my pains (my dearest love)
Nor let the torments of my soul increase,
For private envy will all truth reprove.
That kingdom safest lives that lives in peace:
How can we then a true concordance find,
When we two, one, have both a diff'rent mind?



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