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 Infernal Harmony of Caues make,

And in true Circles of Ditres they walk,

Vile Sloth and Poverty of Spurious Breed,

Neither from Heaven or Earth, but of themelves proceed,

Begot in Life, by long degenerate Time,

'Twixt Stagnate Vertue, and Impregnate Crime.

'Twin Monters neither Seed nor Offpring kno',

reate, by meer Succeion flow.

No proper ource, but from themelves they find,

And by upine Infuions reach the Mind.

All Natures Rules by their own Power reject,

And are themelves the Caue, themelves th' Effect;

Th' alternate Miery ne're leaves the Door,

But Poverty makes Sloth, and Sloth makes poor,

Unnatural Mixtures form the gendring Pair,

Alternately they both beget and bare.

No Proper Seeds of Life, or living how,

They'r born in Death, and in Conumptions grow;

Superior Witchcraft forms the dimal Race,

And Devils unknown below', connect the Face.

The unhappy Wretch, when Hag-rid and poet,

The Crimes are in his Countenance confet.

A anguine Pale and drooping brightnes hine,

This always Saturnine, and that upine,

Joyn'd hand in hand, they living Death diplay,

And Life in full perfection of Decay.