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ValWeep ["Lett mee powre forth"]


If that bee simply perfectest,
Which cann by noe waie bee exprest
But Negatiues, my loue is soe
To all which all loue, I saie no
If any who decipher best,
What wee knowe not our selues can know
Let him teach mee that nothing: this
As yett my ease and comfort is,
Though I speed not I, cannot misse.

Valediction of Weepinge

Lett mee powre forth
My teares before thy face, while I staye heere
For thy stampe ioynes them, and thy stamp they beare,
And by this Mintage they are some thinge worth;
For thus they bee
Pregnant of thee,
Fruites of mvch griefe they are; Emblemes of more:
When a teare falls that thou falls which itt bore
So thou and I are nothinge then when on a diuers shore.

On a round ball
A workeman that hath copies by can laie
An Europe, Affrick, and an Asia,
And quickly make that which was nothing all
Soe doth each teare
Which shee doth weare
A Globe, yea world, by that impression grow
Till thy teares mixt with myne doe overflow
This world, by water sent from thee, my heauen dissolued soe. [CW: O more]
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