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LEAVING ROME, HE DESIRES ONLY PEACE WITH LAURA AND PROSPERITY TO / COLONNA.
Yes, out of impious Babylon I'm flown, / Whence flown all shame, whence banish'd is all good, / That nurse of error, and of guilt th' abode, / To lengthen out a life which else were gone: / There as Love prompts, while wandering alone, / I now a garland weave, and now an ode; / With him I commune, and in pensive mood / Hope better times; this only checks my moan.