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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. Tate, Nahum, c. 1652-1715. Poems by N. Tate. London Printed by T.M. for Benj. Tooke ... 1677 pp. 47-48. [15],133p.

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The Politicians . HOw grosly do the Learn'd and Wise Mistake in Loves State-policies ! If I and Caelia chance to jar , They take our Feuds for open War ; So little they perceive the pow'r Of Quarrels to Improve Amour . Do we not see how perfect are The Loves of ev'ry Turtle Pair , Yet they like us disguise their Bliss , Cooing and murmuring while they Kiss ! Love's Fire like Lightning shines as fair In Storms as in Serener Air . Let none my Caelia judge the mode Of our Amour , and call it odd ; But such as Love to our Degree ( If any more such Lovers be ! ) Whose wedded Love persists the same , As when we burnt in Virgin Flame . Sometimes like parting Streams we stray , And seem to Rove a sundry way , But meet ere long , and so United move Till we are lost in a full Sea of Love .