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MONTROSE’S LINES.

My dear and only love, I pray

that noble world of thee,

Be govern’d by no other sway

but purest monarchie;

For if confusion have a part,

which virtuous souls abhore,

And hold a synod in thy heart,

I’ll never love thee more.

Like Alexander I will reign,

and I will reign alone;

My thoughts shall evermore disdain

a rival on my throne.

He either fears his fate too much,

or his deserts are small,

That puts it not unto the touch,

to win or lose it all.

But I must rule and govern still,

and always give the law;

And have each subject at my will,

and all to stand in awe;

But ’gainst my battery, if I find

thou scorn’st the prize so sore,

As that thou set'st me up a blind

I'll never love thee more.