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"Poems by Mrs. Anne Killigrew." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A47363.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 16, 2024.
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On the Soft and Gentle Motions of Eudora.
DIvine Thalia strike th'Harmonious Lute,But with a Stroke so Gentle as may suiteThe silent gliding of the Howers,Or vet the calmer growth of Flowers;Th'ascending or the falling Dew,Which none can see, though all find true.For thus alone,Can be shewn,How downie, how smooth,Eudora doth Move,How Silken her Actions appear,The Aire of her Face,Of a gentler GraceThen those that do stroke the Eare.Her Address so sweet,So Modestly Meet,
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That 'tis not the Lowd though Tuneable String,Can shewforth so soft, so Noyseless a Thing!O This to express from thy Hand must fall,Then Musicks self, something more Musical.
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