SINCERITY. A Poem. Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave. Mary Barber Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T42622 519 p. 45 Barber, Mary, ca. 1690-1757. Poems on Several Occasions [poems only]. London Printed for C. Rivington, at the Bible and Crown in St. Paul's Church-Yard 1734 pp. 28-29. xlviii,283,[7]p.; 8⁰.

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SINCERITY . A Poem . Occasion'd by a Friend's resenting some Advice I gave . I Sincerity , what are thy Views ; No more my Breast attend . By thee , alas ! we often lose , But seldom gain a Friend . II No more with dang'rous Zeal presume To warn whom you esteem : Be wise , or I foresee your Doom ; Impertinence you'll seem . III A thousand Ills from thee I've found ; A thousand more I fear . In Worlds like this , should you abound ? What Bus'ness have you here ? IV But if you still must haunt my Breast , To Desarts we'll repair ; Or seek the Mansions of the Blest ; They know your Value there .