. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ,Whilft my white neck vaft Chains of Rubies I among the fair eft woud be feen,And dare vie Beauty, evn with Shebas Queen. But oh [ no fuch vain toys affect your mind,Thefe meet with no admirers, but the blind,Who in a Drefs feek Objefts of their love, ■.Which once put off, the Beauties too the fond Crowds caught by zgay attirefThe only thing indeed they find tadmire. But?**, my Love, no borrowd Beauties prize,No artificial Charms attract your eyes. Dear fr; * c TZW^ Chryfbfh 0°
. Pia desideria; or, Divine addresses, in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ,Whilft my white neck vaft Chains of Rubies I among the fair eft woud be feen,And dare vie Beauty, evn with Shebas Queen. But oh [ no fuch vain toys affect your mind,Thefe meet with no admirers, but the blind,Who in a Drefs feek Objefts of their love, ■.Which once put off, the Beauties too the fond Crowds caught by zgay attirefThe only thing indeed they find tadmire. But?**, my Love, no borrowd Beauties prize,No artificial Charms attract your eyes. Dear fr; * c TZW^ Chryfbfh 0°0. nujrBeloiAeb, UtnJ paartfhtnta the I^ &df€ iri the O^iilatjeJ : ( to9 ) XV. ]ome my Beloved, let us go fdrth into theFields, let us lodge in the Villages, Cant, vij. n. ^Ome,come, my Love, lets leave the bufie throng, <J We trifle here our precious time too long. fome, let ushaften to fome Field or Grove, mhefitteft Theatres for Scenes of Love. trong Walls and Gates the City guard, tis true, Ut what fecures it thm, confines it too. Veil reap the pleafures of the open Field, iVhich does fecurity with freedom yield. ror theres I know not what, (b fafe, fodear m Country, as we neer fhoud light on here. »Vhat tho the City-Tow rs the Clouds invade, doer the Fields project their lofty fhade? fet thence Content has made a far retreat. d choie the humble Cottages its feat 5 ; Where fomething more divinely fweet they breath, aJthoali Thatch above, all Earth beneath.) There There the remoteft Solitude enjoysTheblefllng ofmore quiet, and lefs noif
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