Philosophicall fancies. Written by the Right Honourable, the Lady Newcastle.
Newcastle, Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of, 1624?-1674.
A Request to Time.
TIme, prethee be content, and let me write;
Ile use thee better then the Carpet Knight,
Or Amorous Ladies, which doe dance, and play,
Casting their Modesty, and Fame a∣way.
I humbly cast mine eyes downe to the ground,
Or shut them close, while I a Fan∣cy found.
And in a Melancholy posture sit,
With musing Thoughts, till I more Fancies get.
Page [unnumbered]Besides, deare Time, Nature doth not me give
Such store of Health, to hope I old shall live.
Then let me give my Youth the most content,
Which is to write, and send it to the Print.
If any like my Fancies when they'r read,
My time's rewarded, though my Body's dead.
If they do not, my Son'e will lye at rest,
Because my Life did think, what's harmlesse, best.
