The Hesperides & Noble Numbers/Hesperides/Lyric for Legacies
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218. LYRIC FOR LEGACIES.
Gold I've none, for use or show,
Neither silver to bestow
At my death; but this much know;
That each lyric here shall be
Of my love a legacy,
Left to all posterity.
Gentle friends, then do but please
To accept such coins as these
As my last remembrances.