OLD POETS.

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A KISS.


Best charge and bravest retreat in Cupid's fight,
A double key which opens to the heart,
Most rich, when most his riches it impart,
Nest of young joys, schoolmaster of delight,
Teaching the mean at once to take and give,
The friendly stay, where blows both wound and heal,
The petty death where each in other live,
Poor hope's first wealth, hostage of promise weak,
Breakfast of love.
SIR P. SYDNEY.

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SIGHT.


-----Nine things to sight required are
The power to see, the light, the visible thing: