Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ...

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Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ...
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Waller, Edmund, 1606-1687.
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London :: Printed by I.N. for Hu. Mosley ...,
1645.
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"Poems &c. written by Mr. Ed. Waller ... ; and printed by a copy of his own hand-writing ; all the lyrick poems in this booke were set by Mr. Henry Lawes ..." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A67344.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 30, 2024.

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Page 131

To Phillis.

PHillis, why should we delay Pleasures shorter then the day? Could we (which we never can) Stretch our lifes beyond their span, Beauty like a shadow flies, And our youth before us dies: Or would youth and beauty stay, Love has wings, and will away, Love has swifter wings then time. Change in love to heaven does climbe; Gods that never change their state, Varied oft their love and hate: Phillis, to this truth we owe All the love betwixt us two;

Page 132

Let not you and I enquire, What has bin our past desire; On what shepheards you have smil'd, Or what nymphs I have beguil'd; Leave it to the planets too, What we shall hereafter doe; For the joyes we now may prove, Take advice of present Love.
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