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My first from coy & cruel Maids you fear My second shun or else destruction's near My whole's a blank, & void of all pretence To art, or artifice, [[underline]] to wit or sense. [[/underline]] In me the Child of art & nature view I most deceive when most you think me true Without prolonging Life I death withhold And still [[underline]] become too young, by growing old. [[/underline]] Mr Foster's My first does Affliction denote Which my second is destin'd to feel My whole is the best Antidote [[underline]] That Affliction [[/underline]] to cure & to heal. My first is a preposition My second's a composition My [[underline]] whole an acquisition [[/underline]]