Since thou hast view'd some Gorgon, and art grown A solid stone: To bring again to softness thy hard heart Is past my art. Ice may relent to water in a thaw; But stone made flesh Loves Chymistry ne're saw. Therefore by thinking on thy hardness, I Will petrify; And so within our double Quarryes Wombe, Dig our Loves Tombe. 10 Thus strangely will our difference agree; And, with our selves, amaze the world, to see How both Revenge and Sympathy consent To make two Rocks each others Monument. [_The Double Rock._] In this very typical metaphysicality of a good _second_ water (see note on Introduction), it will be observed that there is nothing archaic or irregular in the spelling except the usual 'ne'_re_' for 'ne'_er_', the insertion of the three superfluous _e_'s in lines 9, 10, and at most two or three gratuitous capitals with, if anybody pleases, the omission of the apostrophe for the possessive in ll. 6, 9, 10, and 14. 'Chymistry' I should have kept, of course, even if I had altered these others.] _The Vow-Breaker._ When first the magic of thine eye, Usurp'd upon my liberty, Triumphing in my heart's spoil, thou Didst lock up thine in such a vow; _When I prove false, may the bright day_ _Be governed by the Moon's pale ray!_ (As I too well remember.) This Thou said'st, and seal'dst it with a kiss. O Heavens! and could so soon that tie Relent in slack apostacy? 10 Could all thy oaths, and mortgag'd trust, Vanish? like letters form'd in dust Which the next wind scatters. Take heed, Take heed, Revolter; know this deed Hath wrong'd the world, which will fare worse By thy example than thy curse. Hide that false brow in mists. Thy shame Ne'er see light more, but the dim flame Of funeral lamps. Thus sit and moan, And learn to keep thy guilt at home. 20 Give it no vent; for if again Thy Love or Vows betray more men, At length (I fear) thy perjur'd breath Will blow out day, and waken Death. [Line: 9 Orig. 'Ty', no doubt on the Spenserian principle of eye-rhyme. This and some others of the shorter poems which follow have been found by Mr. Thorn-Drury in miscellanies of the period, not merely well-known ones like _Wits' Recreations_ (1641), but more obscure collections such as _Parnassus Biceps_, 1651, and _Wits' Interpreter_, 1655. The usual variants occur; but they are seldom, if ever, _me judice_ of interest. One or two I have borrowed with acknowledgement.] _Upon a Table-Book presented to a Lady._