To LAURINDA.

LAurinda, thou canst shew alone
More Beauty then was ever shown,
I've rov'd and find no smiles,
T' express thine eyes by, but thine eyes
Angels we see not but by thee,
We may conclude such creatures be.
Where then we do so much perf…ction find,
We know that body must have such a mind;
Thou needst no Arts nor Artifice,
For Ornaments but this is this.
And mayst thy self, thy self prefer
In Church, or Court, or Theatre,
VVhere needfull Females shew their tricks
As nature too had Hereticks;
And this with care so plainly have devis'd
As if 'twere glorious to be so disguis'd.

Happy Laurinda where the gall
Of cancker'd t…ngues can never fall,
Whose thoughts are fed with V…stall fire,
And whom both Sexes do admire.
'Tis you I love beyond degree,
Yet allmost think it blasphemie
But if a Deity can to Love incline,
Kill me to say the blessing's mine.