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"Poems by the incomparable Mrs. K.P." In the digital collection Early English Books Online. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A54715.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 4, 2024.
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XIX. A Dialogue of Absence 'twixt Lucasia and Orinda. Set by Mr. Hen. Lawes.
Luc.
SAy, my Orinda, why so sad?
Orin.
Absence frō thee doth tear my heart;Which, since with thine it union had,Each parting splits.
Luc.
And can we part?
Orin.
Our Bodies must.
Luc.
But never we:Our Souls, without the help of Sense,
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By wayes more noble and more freeCan meet, and hold intelligence:
Orin.
And yet those Souls, when first they met,Lookt out at windows through the Eyes.
Luc.
But soon did such acquaintance get,Not Fate nor Time can them surprize.
Orin.
Absence will rob us of that blissTo which this Friendship title brings:Love's fruits and joyes are made by thisUseless as Crowns to captiv'd Kings.
Luc.
Friendship's a Science, and we knowThere Contemplation's most employ'd.
Orin.
Religion's so, but practick too,And both by niceties destroy'd.
Luc.
But who ne're parts can never meet,And so that happiness were lost.
Orin.
Thus Pain and Death are sadly sweet,Since Health and Heav'n such price must cost.
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Chorus.
But we shall come where no rude hand shall sever,And there wee'l meet and part no more for ever.
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