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HINC LACHRIMAE; OR THE AUTHOR TO AURORA: 18 by WILLIAM BOSWORTH

First Line: MISTAKE ME NOT, MY PEN WAS NE'ER DEFIL'D
Last Line: EXCEPTING THIS, I NEVER KNEW THEE SIN.
Mistake me not, my pen was ne'er defil'd
With any stain, that may thy honour stain;
From all lascivious thoughts I am exil'd;
So shall my pen immodest sense refrain;
Thou art as free, as pure from any blot,
And therefore shalt with lotus crown thy brows.
If ever thou didst sin, I knew it not:
Excepting this, the fraction of thy vows,
I vow by Heaven and all the powers therein,
Excepting this, I never knew thee sin.



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