[p. 598] 
MS. Fairfax 4o. 
To the Lady Cary 
Vpon her Verses on my deare Wife 
Madam 
[p. 599] 
Could I a Tribute of my thanks express 
As you haue done in loue & purer Verse 
On my best selfe then I might Justly raise 
Your Elogy t’Encomiums of your Prayse 
And soe forgett the Subiect that did moue 
Me to a thankfulnes as’t did you to loue 
O t’were to great a Crime but pray allow 
Wher I fall short but you haue reached to 
Makinge that Good wisest of Kings hath said 
Th’ Liuing’s not soe Preyse-worthy then the dead 
I thinke the Reason’s this itts grounded on 
‘Cause Mercys are not priz’d till they are gone 
O had not hopes surpast my grosser sence 
My loss Could not haue had a recompence 
Yett such an Influence hath your happy straine 
To bring my buried Joy to life againe 
Vertue Goodnes Loue things Imortalize 
The better part when as the other dies 
True, Soules in Bodyes haue ther being here 
But Loues in Soules haue ther ther proper Sphere 
Then is true loue Compos’d of Nobler fyers 
Then to extinguish when the Life expires 
Butt to Conclude Madam me think you ’spire 
In humblest Thoughts to raise your Trophys higher 
Then Her’s you would attend in gelid Mould 
W for her Friend the lodging seemes too Could 
[p. 600] But were itt soe itt my good happ might bee 
[p. 600] 
To lye next Her, To you our Quire is free 
On the Fatal day 
Jan: 30 1648 
Oh lett that Day from time be blotted quitt 
And lett beleefe oft in next Age be waued 
In deepest silence th’ Act Concealed might 
Soe that the King-doms Credit might be saued 
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