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113.F04.0HE  D.%5r%6 Donne. A Retyring of himselfe into himselfe; Or, /An Eternall Farewell to Love & Poetry.
113.F04.001  Like one who in her third Widdowed doth professe
113.F04.002  Her selfe a Nunne, tir'd to retiredness;
113.F04.003  So affect>%Ys%Z< my muse now a chast {forlornes%7fallownes.%8} [{}in_MS]
113.F04.004  Since shee to few, yett to too many hath showne
113.F04.005  How Love song-weeds, and Satyrique thornes are growne,
113.F04.006  Where seeds of better arts were lately%>>early< sowne.
113.F04.007  Though to use Loue and Poetry, to mee
113.F04.008  Betroth'd to no Art, bee not Adultery;
113.F04.009  Yet omissions of good, ill, as ill deeds, bee.
113.F04.010  For though to us itt seeme, and bee light and thinne,
113.F04.011  Yett in those faithfull scales where God throws in
113.F04.012  Mens workes, Vanitie weighs as much Sinne.  
113.F04.013  If o%5r%6 soules have stain'd y%5e%6 first white, yett wee
113.F04.014  May cloath them with Faith, and deere honesty
113.F04.015  W%5ch%6 God imputes as native Purity.
113.F04.016  There is no Vertue but Religion;
113.F04.017  Wise, Valiant, sober, Iust are Vertues, w%5ch%6 none
113.F04.018  Want, w%5ch%6 want not Vice-covering discretion
113.F04.019  Seeke wee then o%5r%6 selues in o%5r%6 selues; for as
113.F04.020  Men force y%5e%6 Sunne with much more force to passe
113.F04.021  By gathering his beames with a Christall glasse:
113.F04.022  So wee if wee into our selves will turne
113.F04.023  Blowing o%5r%6 sparks of Vertue, may out burne
113.F04.024  The straw, w%5ch%6 doth about o%5r%6 hearts [j:yes]sojourne.
113.F04.025  You know Phisitians when they would infuse
113.F04.026  Into any oyls y%5e%6 Soule of Simples, use
113.F04.027  Places, where they may bee still warme, to chuse;
113.F04.028  So workes Retirednes in us: To rome
113.F04.029  Giddily, and bee every where but att home,
113.F04.030  Such freedome doth a bannishment become.	[CW:om]
113.F04.031  Wee are but Farmers of o%5r%6 selues; yet wee may [f.76v] 
113.F04.032  (If wee stock o%5r%6 selves and thrive>;%>)< uplay
113.F04.033  Much much deere treasure for y%5e%6 great Rent day.
113.F04.034  Manure thy selfe then, to thy selfe bee improv'd
113.F04.035  And w%5th%6 Vaine outward things bee no more mov'd
113.F04.036  But to know y%5t%6 I love thee and would bee lov'd.
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113.F04.0$$  Twelve 3-line sts; no ind; MS section HE "Miscellanea" just above HE (running HE)