1 O'B ··)Wl L 17A_NT• To tl1e Almiglaty's :ear will I reve·al ' Mxfecret ways·; to him~ algnc, appeal: If (to con~;ll'cle') the earth could fi11d arongu~; T' .impeach my gu!lclefs hands of doing .wrong : If hidd~n W:tgcs ( earri'd With-fwe!tt) do lie,' Ra~d in her· fu;r~w~; let ~er womb d~ny . To blefs my ~·arve~ let I~er better Seeas Be turn'd to rhifrles, and the reft to ·W.eeas. .. . Mubtat•.r·~~ · . 229 '· ; , . THe manwhofe foul is undiA:ain'd with Ill, , Pure from the check of a d;{l:~ mper;d W,ll, , . Stands only free from the diftratl:s of Cioire, .· · · And fltes a pitcl\ above rhe reach'of"Fea(: · . · His bofom dares the 'threa.cninr, Bow.;.m·ans Arm, Hi'swif:lom fees, his Courage finds ·no ·Harm ;. · H:sbrefi: lies op.en to-rhe reeking Syvord'; ·. The darts Qf fwarrhy' .7r1aureu can affotti ·:. • • I Lefs dread, th:mdanger to hiswell pr~par'~ And fecled mind, ·wh1ch ( thnding on·Iur gu1ra) · ~ids mifchiefdo the worfi: {he can, or will, - . For he that does no ill, defe:ves no ill. . Would a.ny..Jl:rive with s·ampfon for renown, Whofe brawny ·ar~ .can flri~e mof\ pill~q down? . Or try a fall with Angels, .and prevail ? : · Or with a Hymn uzthinge· the ftroQ~eft. J ~yl ?. Would any trotll apris'!ler prove aPri11G.e r,. Or with flow fpeech beft Ora,tors convince? Preferve he then, unftaincd in his bre!t, Amilk-white Confc i(;nG_e.~lee his fotll be bldt With fimple l nnocence!'This feven-fold ihield Nodan !hall pierce, no fwQrd (hall ~a~~ it .yield- ~ The finewy Bow, anddeadty 'he:J.#'dLai1ce,. . ~~la}l break in fl1iven;·and dtei'plin:rcts ~lance J I Q.J ~1 ' ) Afide;
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