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<NAME>Pip Willcox</NAME>
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<HEAD>An Exellent Sonnet of the Unfortunate Loves of <HI>Hero</HI> and <HI>Leander.</HI></HEAD>
<OPENER>To the Tune of, <HI>Gerhard</HI>'s Mi&s;tre&s;s, <HI>&amp;c.</HI></OPENER>
<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of Hero</FIGDESC>
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<P><FIGURE>
<FIGDESC>depiction of Leander</FIGDESC>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Hero.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>HOw fares</L>
<L>My dear <HI>Leander?</HI> O vouch&s;afe to &s;peak,</L>
<L>lea&s;t my heart break:</L>
<L>I bani&s;ht am from thy &s;weet company;</L>
<L>'Tis not</L>
<L>Thy Father's Anger can ab<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;e my Love,</L>
<L>I &s;till will prove</L>
<L>Thy faithful Friend until &s;uch time I dye:</L>
<L>Though Fate</L>
<L>And Fortune do con&s;pire,&mdash;</L>
<L>to interrupt our Love,</L>
<L>In &s;pight of Fate and Fortune's Hate,</L>
<L>I &s;till will con&s;tant prove:</L>
<L>And though</L>
<L>Our angry Friends, in malice,</L>
<L>now our Bodies part,</L>
<L>Nor Friends nor Foes, nor Scars nor Blows,</L>
<L>&s;hal<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter"> &s;eparate our Hearts.</L>
</LG>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Leander.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>What Voice</L>
<L>Is this, th<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">t calls <HI>Leander</HI> from her Bower,</L>
<L>from yonder Tower?</L>
<L>The Eccho of this Voice doth &s;ure proceed&mdash;</L>
</LG>
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<SP>
<SPEAKER>Hero.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L><HI>Leander,</HI></L>
<L>Tis thy <HI>Hero</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">in would come to thee,</L>
<L>if it might be;</L>
<L>Thy ab&s;ence m<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="2 letters">es my t<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">nder Heart to bl&eacute;ed:</L>
<L>But oh!</L>
<L>This plea&s;ant River <HI>Hellifponet,</HI></L>
<L>which is the Peoples Wonder,</L>
<L>Tho&s;e Waves &s;o high do Injury,</L>
<L>by parting us a&s;under:</L>
<L>And though</L>
<L>There's Ferry-men good &s;tore,</L>
<L>yet none will &s;tand my Friend,</L>
<L>To waft we o're to that fair Shore,</L>
<L>Where all my Grief &s;hall end.</L>
</LG>
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<SPEAKER>Leander.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L><HI>Hero,</HI></L>
<L>Though I am thy con&s;tant Lover &s;till,</L>
<L>and ever will,</L>
<L>My angry Father is thy Enemy;</L>
<L>He &s;till</L>
<L>Doth &s;trive to keep's a&s;under, now and then,</L>
<L>poor Ferry-men,</L>
<L>They dare not waft thee over lea&s;t they dye:</L>
<L>Nor yet</L>
<L>Dare they convey me</L>
<L>unto my dear <HI>Hero</HI>: now</L>
<L>My Father's Rage wil not a&s;&s;wage,</L>
<L>nor will the &s;ame al<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ow:</L>
<L>Be patient</L>
<L>Then, dear <HI>Hero,</HI> now,</L>
<L>as I am <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rue to thee,</L>
<L>Even &s;o I tru&s;t thou <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">rt as <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 word">,</L>
<L>and faithful unto me.</L>
</LG>
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<SPEAKER>Hero.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>Is there</L>
<L>No way to &s;tay an angry Father's Wrath,</L>
<L>who&s;e Fury hath</L>
<L>Bereav'd his Child of Comfort and Content?</L>
</LG>
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<SPEAKER>Leander.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>O no,</L>
<L>Dear <HI>Hero!</HI> there's no way that I do know,</L>
<L>to ea&s;e my Woe;</L>
<L>My Days of Ioy and Comfort now are &s;pent,</L>
<L>You may</L>
<L>As well go tame</L>
<L>a Lyon in the Wilderne&s;s,</L>
<L>As to per&s;wade my Father's Aid,</L>
<L>to help me in Di&s;tre&s;s:</L>
<L>His Anger</L>
<L>And his River hath</L>
<L>kept us a&s;under long;</L>
<L>He hath his Will, his Humour &s;till,</L>
<L>and we have all the Wrong.</L>
</LG>
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<SPEAKER>Hero.</SPEAKER>
<LG>
<L>'Tis not</L>
<L>Thy Father's Anger, nor his River deep,</L>
<L>the which &s;hall keep</L>
<L>Me from the Imbracements of my deare&s;t Friend,</L>
<L>For through</L>
<L>This &s;ilver Stream, my way I mean to take,</L>
<L>even for thy &s;ake,</L>
<L>For thy dear &s;ake, my deare&s;t Life I'll &s;pend:</L>
<L>Though Waves</L>
<L>And Winds &s;hould both con&s;pire</L>
<L>mine Enemies to be,</L>
<L>My Love's &s;o &s;trong, I fear no wrong</L>
<L>can happen unto me:</L>
<L>O meet</L>
<L>Me in thy Garden,</L>
<L>where this plea&s;ant River glides,</L>
<L>Lend me thy Hand, draw me to Land,</L>
<L>whatever me betides.</L>
<L>Now mu&s;t</L>
<L>I make my tender &s;lender Arms my Oars,</L>
<L>help Watry Powers!</L>
<L>Ye little Fi&s;hes teach me how to &s;wim;</L>
<L>And <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="apex" EXTENT="1 letter">ll</L>
<L>Ye Sea-nymps guard me unto yonder Banks,</L>
<L>I'll give you Thanks,</L>
<L>Bear up my Body, &s;trengthen every Limb:</L>
<L>I come,</L>
<L><HI>Leander,</HI> now prepare</L>
<L>thy lovely Arms for me;</L>
<L>I come, dear Love, a&s;&s;i&s;t me <HI>Jove,</HI></L>
<L>I may &s;o happy be.</L>
<L>But, oh!</L>
<L>A mighty Tempe&s;t ro&s;e,</L>
<L>and he was drown'd that Tide,</L>
<L>In her fair &s;ight, her Heart's Delight</L>
<L>and &s;o with Grief &s;he dy'd.</L>
</LG>
<LG>
<L>But when</L>
<L>Her aged Father the&s;e things under&s;tands,</L>
<L>he wrings his Hands,</L>
<L>And tears his hoary Hair from of his Head,</L>
<L>Society</L>
<L>He &s;huns, and doth for&s;ake his Meat,</L>
<L>his Grief's &s;o great;</L>
<L>And oft doth make the lowly ground his Bed;</L>
<L>O! my</L>
<L><HI>Leander,</HI> would that I</L>
<L>had dy'd to &s;ave thy Life;</L>
<L>Or that I had, when I was &s;ad,</L>
<L>made thee brave <HI>Hero</HI>'s Wife:</L>
<L>It was</L>
<L>My Tre&s;pa&s;s, and I do</L>
<L>confe&s;s I wronged thee,</L>
<L>Po&s;terity &s;hall know thereby</L>
<L>the Fault lay all in me.</L>
<L>But &s;ince</L>
<L>The Waves have ca&s;t his Body on the Land,</L>
<L>upon the Sand,</L>
<L>His Corp&s;e &s;hall buried be in &s;olemn wi&s;e,</L>
<L>One Grave</L>
<L>Shall &s;erve them both, and one mo&s;t &s;tately Tomb,</L>
<L>&s;he'll make him room,</L>
<L>Although her Corp&s;e be breathle&s;s where &s;he lies.</L>
<L>Ye Fathers</L>
<L>Have a &s;pecial Care now,</L>
<L>what&s;oe're you do,</L>
<L>For tho&s;e that part true loyal Hearts,</L>
<L>them&s;elves were never true.</L>
<L>Though Fate</L>
<L>And Fortune cro&s;s poor Lovers,</L>
<L>&s;ometimes as we do know,</L>
<L>Pray under&s;tand, have you no hand</L>
<L>even in their Overthrow.</L>
</LG>
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<P><HI>London:</HI> Princed by and for <HI>W. O.</HI> and &s;old by the Book&s;ellers.</P>
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