Quarles - PR3652 D58 1669

Th~Hift~r;ofQ.IIeen t STEjR•1 i~ fit 1'he Temple 4an.ce, merhinks my ravi!hr ear; ( R.apt with the fecrec mufick dur I hear ) 1\rrends the warbl~ of anAngels tongue, Refounding fo_rth this fenfe-bcreaving long ; Vafhti Jbali fall, andEfi:er rife, . Sion.Jball thrive, when Haman diu: Blefl: are the Meetings, and the.llanquers bleft.:• .Where Angels carol ruufi~~ to the Feafl. · , ·Ho N do o1uwretched tllllles degenerate From former ages ! How internperate Hath lavifh cw.fto!Jl ma&e our bed.-ild Age_; ACtingobfcene ~.cenes on her drunken Stage ! Our tin1es are ~uided by a.lewder lot, As if that world,aoother world begor : . _ Their 'fr~~ndlyFeafls w_ere fill'dwith fwee.t fdBtiety i Ours, With unclean delights, and bafe ebtH~ty : · . Theirs, the unvalued priceof Love ihtertdea ; Ours feek the caufe-wli~reby out Love is emded : How in fo l.llind an .Ag~ could thofe men fee! _And in a feeing.Age, ·how blind are we! . . . ' "l ./ _......._..,.... ___ :- . ~---:"'----....;~_;.- ...:;. - .......... _.' . ' The !(ing fends for .the :ff!_ueen ; the ~ueM 7)eme~ to come i Huhafly f}lem Inflames ; unto the Perfian Laws; · He leaves the 'e»[ure ofhi8 cftttfe• • I

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