As In Some Countries Far Remote From Hence

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Title:     As In Some Countries Far Remote From Hence
Author: Michael Drayton [More Titles by Drayton]

As in some countries far remote from hence,
The wretched creature destined to die,
Having the judgement due to his offence,
By surgeons begg'd, their art on him to try:
Which on the living work without remorse,
First make incision on each mastering vain,
Then stanch the bleeding, then transpierce the corse,
And with their balms recure the wounds again,
Then poison and with physic him restore,
Not that they fear the hopeless man to kill,
But their experience to increase the more;
Even so my mistress works upon my ill,
By curing me, and killing me each hour,
Only to shew her beauties sovereign power.

[The end]
Michael Drayton's poem: As In Some Countries Far Remote From Hence

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