Tixall Poetry.
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And put you to the study whether hee
Hath more o' th' court or th' university.
To me, at distance, the result is cleare,
All notions meete to crowne your happy yeare.
Madam, observe a poets crafty thrift,
That makes anothers stock his new-yeares-guift.
An
Epitaph
on a Sweet Little Boy of Sir William Persall.
Stay, courteous passenger, this stone
Sayes something that concernes each one.
If maydes and bachelors, that wed
For pledges of ther marriage bed,
Here may they fix theire hearts, and wish
For such a lovely boy as this.
But oh, it will allay desire,
So soone your noblest sparkes expire.
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