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TO HIS FRIEND AGAPITO, WITH A PRESENT.
Thy weary cheek that channell'd sorrow shows, / My much loved lord, upon the one repose; / More careful of thyself against Love be, / Tyrant who smiles his votaries wan to see; / And with the other close the left-hand path / Too easy entrance where his message hath; / In sun and storm thyself the same display, / Because time faileth for the lengthen'd way.