WILLIAM CARTWRIGHT 339 To Chloe
Who for Ms sake wished herself younger
THERE are two births j the one when light First strikes the new awaken'd sense; The other when two souls unite,
And we must count our life from thence: When you loved me and I loved you Then both of us were born anew.
Love then to us new souls did give
And in those souls did plant new powers;
Since when another life we live,
The breath we breathe is his, not ours:
Love makes those young whom age doth chill,
And whom he finds young keeps young still.
��340 Falsehood
STILL do the stars impart their light To those that travel in the night; Still time runs on, nor doth the hand Or shadow on the dial stand; The streams still glide and constant are: Only thy mind Untrue I find, Which carelessly Neglects to be Like stream or shadow, hand or star.
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