41. To His lnstant Mistress

—— T. Carew

When thou, poor Exunicate

From all the joys of Love, shalt e

The full reward and glorious fate

Which my strong faith shall purcha me,

Then cur thine own instancy!

A fairer hand than thine shall cure

That heart which thy fal oaths did wound;

And to my soul a soul more pure

Than thine shall by Love’s hand be bound,

And both with equal glory ’d.

Then shalt thou weep, e, plain

To Love, as I did oo thee;

When all thy tears shall be as vain

As mihen: for thou shalt be

Damn’d for thy fal apostasy.