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TO THE DECEASED AUTHOR, UPON THE PROMISCUOUS PRINTING OF HIS POEMS by THOMAS BROWNE

First Line: WHEN THY LOOSE RAPTURES, DONNE, SHALL MEET WITH THOSE
Last Line: THAT THEY WOULD BUY THY GOODNESSE, WITH THY CRIMES.
Subject(s): DONNE, JOHN (1572-1631); POETRY & POETS;

When thy @3Loose@1 raptures, @3Donne,@1 shall meet with Those
That doe confine
Tuning, unto the Duller line,
And sing not, but in @3Sanctified Prose;@1
How will they, with sharper eyes,
The @3Fore-skinne@1 of thy phansie circumcise?
And feare, thy @3wantonnesse@1 should now, begin
@3Example,@1 that hath ceased to be @3Sin?@1

And that @3Feare@1 fannes their @3Heat;@1 whilst knowing eyes
Will not admire
At this @3Strange Fire,@1
That here is @3mingled with thy Sacrifice@1:
But dare reade even thy @3Wanton Story,@1
As thy @3Confession,@1 not thy @3Glory.@1
And will so envie @3Both@1 to future times,
That they would buy thy @3Goodnesse,@1 with thy @3Crimes.@1



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