Impossibilities.

IMpossibilities? oh no, there's none;
Could mine bring thy Heart Captive home;
As eas'ily other dangers were o'rethrowne,
As Caesar after vanquish't Rome,
His little Asian foes did overcome.

True Lovers oft by Fortune are envy'd▪
Oft Earth and Hell against them strive;
But Providence engages on their side,
And a good end at▪ last does give;
At last Iust Men and Lovers always thrive.

As stars (not powerful else) when they conjoyne,
Change, as they please, the Worlds estate;
So thy Heart in Conjunction with mine,
Shall our own fortunes regulate;
And to our Stars themselves prescribe a Fate.

'Twould grieve me much to find some bold Romance,
That should two kind examples shew,
Which before us in wonders did advance;
Not, that I thought that story true,
But none should Fancy more, then I would Doe.

Through spight of our worst Enemies, thy Friends,
Through Local Banishment from Thee;
Through the loud thoughts of less-concerning Ends,
As easie shall my passage bee,
As was the Amo'rous Youth's ore Helles Sea.

In vain the Winds, in vain the Billows rore;
In vain the Stars their ayd deny'd:
He saw the Sestian Tower on th'other shore;
Shall th'Hellespont our Loves divide?
No, not th'Atlantick Oceans boundless Tide.

Such Seas betwixt us eas'ly conquer'd are;
But, gentle Maid, do not deny
To let thy Beams shine on me from afarre;
And still that Taper let me'espy:
For when thy Light goes out, I sink, and dy▪