Th, HiflDrJ of -Qpeett E S T£ ~· ~ Go tell the Queen, it retleth :in her powers ' To help • the ca1e is hers, as well as ours : ~Go tell ~y Cozen ~een, it i~ her .charge' 'To ufe the mc~ns whereby .{he may mlarge ' Her aged Kiniinam life, and all·her Nation ; 'Preferring to theKing her fupplic.ation. · , Meditnt. 9· WHo hopes t' attain the fweet ElyGan Lays To reap the ha~vcft of his wdl-fpent days, Mutl pafs the Joy lefs fireams of Adleron, The fcorching waves c( burning Phlegeton, Ar:d fable billows of the Stygian Lake : Thus fweet with fowr each mortal Rmfi pilrtake. What joyfttl Harvdhr did e'r obrain . - The (weet frtJitibn of his h0peful gain, Until his ~ardy hbors tirfi: had raft T.he fummers hear, and fi:ormy winters blaft; Afable: night returns a £hining mqrrow ; · And days of j.0y enfue fad nights of farrow ,: · Tl1e way to blifs lies not 0n bed~ e:f Down, , · , And he that had no Crofs, deferves nn Crown : •1here\ but ope Heav'n, one plac:e of perfect eaie, In man ;t lies, to take it where he pbJe, , Above, or here below : and few m~n do Enjoy the cme; and rafi:e the orlrer roo: · Sweating, and confrant la bor wins the Oo1l · Ofreft ; AtRiB:ions claritie the fou 1, And like h~rd Maihrs, give more had dlrccrion;S, -Tut~ring the n·onaf?:e ofLJncurb'd affeCtions: Wifdom ( the Amidore of[ad dcfpair ) , Makes £harp AfRiB:ions feem nor as they ar~, Throug-h pa~icm fufferance; an1 doch apprehend, Net as they fe:ming are, .but as they end ~ 1~) , .. .. .... i '· ' ..
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