Poem by Nicholas Breton

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PRETTY twinkling starry eyes!
How did Nature first devise
Such a sparkling in your sight
As to give Love such delight
As to make him, like a fly,
Play with looks until he die?

Sure you were not made at first
For such mischief to be cursed,
As to kill affection's care
That doth only truth declare.
Where worth's wonders never wither
Love and Beauty live together.

Blessed eyes! then give your blessing
That, in passion's best expressing,
Love, that only lives to grace ye,
May not suffer to deface ye;
But in gentle thoughts directions,
Show the praise of your perfections. 

1. A Pastoral of Phyllis and Corydon
2. A Sweet Pastoral
3. A Quarrel with Love
4. A Sweet Contention between Love, his Mistress, and Beauty
5. Aglaia

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