Tixall Poetry/To Her Husband, on New-Years-Day, 1651

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To Her Husband, on New-Years-Day, 1651 by Gertrude Aston Thimelby

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4300273Tixall Poetry — To Her Husband, on New-Years-Day, 1651Arthur CliffordGertrude Aston Thimelby

To

Her Husband,

on New-Years-Day, 1651.

How swiftly time doth passe away,Wher happines compleates the day!Weeks, months, and years, but moments proveTo those that nobly are in love.This computation's only knowneTo them that our pure flame can owne.Succeeding yeares example takeBy those are past; ther numbers wakeEnvy, whilst with a will resigndNo wil is knowne til th' others mind.