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TO A FRIEND FOR HER NAKED BREASTS, by                    
First Line: "madam I praise you, cause you'r free"
Last Line: And punish you for what's within
Alternate Author Name(s): Eliza+1
Subject(s): Breasts;hearts;sin


Madam I praise you, 'cause you'r free,
And you doe not conceal from me
What hidden in your heart doth lye,
If I can through your breasts spy.

Some Ladies will not show their breasts,
For feare men think they are undrest,
Or by't their hearts they should discover,
They do't to tempt some wanton Lover.

They are afraid tempters to be,
Because a Curse impos'd they see,
Upon the tempter that was first,
By an all-seeing God that's just.

But though I praise you have a care
Of that al-seeing eye, and feare,
Lest he through your bare breasts see sin,
And punish you for what's within.





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