To his noble friend Capt. Dudl…y Lovelace upon his Edition of his Brothers Poems.

THy pious hand pl…nting fratern… bayes,
Deserving is of most egregious praise;
Since 'tis the o…gan doth to us convey,
From a descended …un, so bright a Ray.
Clear Spirit, how much we are bound to thee,
For this so great a Liberalitie,
The truer worth of which by much exceeds
The Western Wealth which such contention bre…ds,
Like the Infusing-God, from the Well-head
Of Poesie you have be sprinkled
Our brows with holy drops, the very last
Which from your Brother's haypy Pen were cast;
Yet as the last the best, such matchlesse skill
From his divine alembick did d…still,
Your honour'd Brother in the Elyzian shade
Will joy to know himself a Laureat made
By your religious care, and that his Urn,
Doth him on Earth immortal life return.
Your self you have a good Physician shown,
To his much grieved friends, and to your own,
In giving thi… elixir'd Medecine,
For greatest grief a soveraign anodine.
Sir, from your Brother y' have convey'd us bliss;
Now, since your Genius so concurs with his,
Let your own quill our next enjoyments frame,
All must be rich that's grac'd with Lovelace name.