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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739
Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

To Belinda,

On her Sickness, and Recovery.

Sure never Pain such Beauty wore,
Or look'd so amiable before!
You Graces give to a Disease,
Adorn the Pain, and make it please;
Thus burning Incense sheds Perfumes,
Still fragrant as it still consumes.

Nor can ev'n Sickness, which disarms
All other Nymphs, destroy your Charms;

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