Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orinda ; to which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies ; with several other translations out of French.

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Poems by the most deservedly admired Mrs. Katherine Philips, the matchless Orinda ; to which is added Monsieur Corneille's Pompey & Horace, tragedies ; with several other translations out of French.
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Philips, Katherine, 1631-1664.
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London :: Printed by J.M. for H. Herringman ...,
1667.
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To Mrs. Mary Awbrey.

SOul of my Soul, my joy, my crown, my Friend, A name which all the rest doth comprehend; How happy are we now, whose Souls are grown By an incomparable mixture one: Whose well-acquainted Minds are now as near

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As Love, or Vows, or Friendship can endear? I have no thought but what's to thee reveal'd, Nor thou desire that is from me conceal'd. Thy Heart locks up my Secrets richly set, And my Breast is thy private Cabinet. Thou shed'st no tear but what my moisture lent, And if I sigh, it is thy breath is spent. United thus, what Horrour can appear Worthy our Sorrow, Anger, or our Fear? Let the dull World alone to talk and fight, And with their vast Ambitions Nature fright; Let them despise so Innocent a flame, While Envy, Pride and Faction play their game: But we by Love sublim'd so high shall rise, To pity Kings, and Conquerours despise, Since we that Sacred Union have engrost Which they and all the factious World have lost.
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