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My two lipps eyes thighs differ from thy two [231]
But so as thine from one another doe
And (oh) no more; the likenesse beeing such,
Why should they not alike in all parts touch?
Hand to strange hand, lipp to lipp none denyes.
Why should thy Brest to brest or thighs to thighs?
Likenesse begets such strange selfe flattery
That touching my selfe, all seemes donne to thee
My selfe I embrace and my owne hands I kisse
And amorously thanke my selfe for this
Mee in my Glasse I call thee. But alas
When I would kisse, Teares dim̄e my sight and Glasse:
O cure this louing madnesse and restore
Mee to mee, thee, my Halfe, my All, my more
So may thy Cheekes redd outweare Scarlet dye
And theyr White Whitenesse of the Galaxy
So may thy mighty amazing beauty moue
Enuy in all woemen and in all men love
And so bee change and sicknesse far from thee
As thou by com̄ing neere keepst them from mee.
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233 To the Countess of Salsbury
So did I humbly reverence each degree
Of Fayre Greate Good; but more, now I am come
From hauing found theyr walkes to find theyr home.
And as I owe my first soules thankes that they
ffor my last soule did fitt and mould my clay:
So am I debtour vnto them whose worth
Enabled mee to profit and take forth
This new greate lesson thus to study you
Which, none not reading others first, could doe

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