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A FAREWEL TO WORLDLY JOYES by ANNE KILLIGREW

First Line: FAREWEL TO UNSUBSTANTIAL JOYES
Last Line: UNHURT, LIKE HIM, YOUR CHARMS I'LL HEAR.
Subject(s): FAREWELL; PARTING;
FArewel to Unsubstantial Joyes,
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
For when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithaca's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy tye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.







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