Ostella, or, The faction of love and beauty reconcil'd by I.T., Gent.

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Title: Ostella, or, The faction of love and beauty reconcil'd by I.T., Gent.
Author: Tatham, John, fl. 1632-1664.
Publication: London :: Printed for John Tey ...,; 1650.
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THou that ev'n from thy infancy
natures Surveyour hast been,
And with a curious searching eye
her choicest wares hast seen.

As she to a perfection grew
in strength and skill to frame,
Thou did'st encrease in judgement to
commend her works to fame.

Tell me, for thy Propriety
is to discover Truth
And not by subtile Sophistry
to paint or blemish Youth.

Did ever Greece or Rome afford
a Mistress like to mine
Whose breath is Balm whose ev'ry Word
's a Mistery Divine.

And if the Ages past did ne'r
produce her like, then we
May with the self-same safety swear
Her like shall never be.