Ask me no more if east or west The Phoenix builds her spicy nest For unto you at last she flies, And in your fragrant bosom dies.
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Give me more love or more disdain The torrid or the frozen zone.
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Here lies a King that ruled, as he thought fit The universal monarchy of wit Here lies two flamens, and both those the best Apollos first, at last the true Gods priest.
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Some power, in my revenge convey
That love to her I cast away.
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