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 160 THE POEMS OF ANNE �To Jupiter in Council set, �With Peers for the Occasion met ; �In her Arms the Boy she bears, �Bathing him in falling Tears; �And whilst his want of eyes is shown, �Secures the Judges by her Own. �Folly to the Board must come, �And hear the Tryal and the Doom; �Which Cytherea loudly prays �May be as heavy as the Case: 30 �Which, when All was justly weigh'd, �Cupid's Wings now useless made, �That a staff, his Feet must guide, �Which wou'd still be apt to slide; �This Decree at last was read, �That Love by Folly shou'd be lead. �LOVE, DEATH, AND REPUTATION �Reputation, Love, and Death, (The Last all Bones, the First all Breath, The Midd'st compos'd of Kestless Fire) From each other wou'd Retire; Thro' the World resolv'd to stray, Every One a several Way; Exercising, as they went, Each such Power, as Fate had lent ; Which, if it united were, �Wretched Mortals cou'd not bear: 10 �But as parting Friends do show, To what Place they mean to go, Correspondence to engage, Nominate their utmost Stage; Death declar'd he wou'd be found ��� �