A Collection of Emblemes, Ancient and Moderne / Quickened With Metrical Illustrations, Both Morall and Divine, Etc.

by George Wither

Love where your Loves may worthily be plac't;

And, keepe your owne Affection, still from ranging.

Vse noble Meanes, your Longings to attaine;

Seeke equall Mindes, and well beseeming Yeares:

They are (at best) vaine Fooles, whom Follie gaine;

But, there is Blisse, where, Vertue most endeares:

And, wheresoe're, Affection shee procures,

In spight of all Temptations, it endures.

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