KATHERINE PHILIPS: A CRITICAL EDITION OF THE POETRY by ...

I thinke not on the state,
And pitty no mans case that falls
From his ambitions height.
Silence and Innocence are safe
A heart thats nobly true, 50
At all these little arts can laugh
That do the world subdue.
While others reuell it in state
Here I'le contented fit.
And thinke 1 haue as good a fate 55
As wealth or pompe admitt.
Let some in Courtship take delight
And to th'exchange resort.
There reuell out a winters night
Not making loue, but sport. 60
These neuer knew a noble flame
Tis lust, scorne, or designe
While vanity playes all their game.
Let peace and honour mine.
When the inviting spring appeares 65
To Hide parke let them go,
And hasting thence be full of feares
To loose Spring garden show.
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