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TO THE EARL OF OXFORD by MATTHEW PRIOR

First Line: PEN, INK, AND WAX, AND PAPER SEND
Last Line: THOUGHTS WHICH ANGELS MAY APPROVE.
Subject(s): INKSTANDS; LETTERS; LOVE; PAPER; PEACE; PENS & PENCILS;
PEN, ink, and wax, and paper send
To the kind wife, the lovely friend;
Smiling, bid her freely write
What her happy thoughts indite;
Of virtue, goodness, peace, and love,
Thoughts which angels may approve.



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