t tS The Hifioryof Qyeen Es·1·E 'R, J'll fogbt wi~b ..Am-ale~, deflroy b'i& 11a~io~ ' .And fr~m remembrance blot bif Gtner~tio» ? -, , What fhall his curfe tu Am.alet be void ?. - /mdwith thofc plagues.-!halllfr'l be deil:roytd •t ~Ah, fooncdhall the fprightful flames of fire . _ Defcend ~nd moiftcn, and dull ·e~mhafpire, J\ndwith her drinefs quench fair Titans heat, Then fhall thywords, and juft Decrees retreat .:, The day ( as weacy :of hi:s burthen ) tires ; , -. The year ( futl laden with her months) expires"S - The heav'ns ( grow~ gr~at with a~e ) mu!l foon liecay, 1 The pondrous earth 1n _nm·e iliall pa!S away; · · · But yet thy (acred words lhall alway fiouriili, , · .Though .days~and-years,& heaven, and earth do perilb;. How perks proLJd Haman then? What ·pr9fp~roos 'fato EKalts his Pagan head ?Bow.fortunate ·_ - Bath favour crown'dhis time~? HathGod d'ccre~d No 0ther curfe t1 pon that curfed fee<! ? Th~mortal eye of man c~n but perceive • . Thmgs prefent \when h1s heart cannot conce1~ He's either by his outward fenfcs guided, Or like a. !52.Jare, l,>ave! it uRdeci<ied : TI1c flef'hly eye that lends a feeble ftghr, Fails in extent, and hathno further might Than to -attafu the object ; and there ends, fli~ office., and<>f what it apprehenas, Acquaints the underftanding, which ~oncdvesj And defcants on that thing the fight perceives, Or good, or bad ; unable to projea: The jufi: o~cafion, or the true etfea:; Man fecks l_ike man, and can but Com.Prehend Things-as they prefent are, not a$ tlhey end ; Good f~es ~ Kings heart in a Spepherds brea.ft, And in amighty King be fees a Beaft & · 'Tis not the fprinf!; tide of an high eftate ' ' .~ ..·:j CJ~~res aman ( rhough feemi~tg) Forcunate: !he
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