A Farewell to Worldly Joys

Farewel to Unsubstantial Joyes.
Ye Gilded Nothings, Gaudy Toyes,
Too long ye have my Soul misled,
Too long with Aiery Diet fed:
But now my Heart ye shall no more
Deceive, as you have heretofore:
for when I hear such Sirens sing,
Like Ithica's fore-warned King,
With prudent Resolution I
Will so my Will and Fancy rye,
That stronger to the Mast not he,
Than I to Reason bound will be:
And though your Witchcrafts strike my Ear,
Unhurt, like him, your Charms I'll hear.
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