14 I , :A F8AJ1 for WtJrmJ~ Thywandring flocks are frighted from their fold ; Their Shepherd's _gone, and F~xes are too held; . They,; they ~~ofe fmoot~fac ~ words .become the Alta~ Their wordSdlfie t; and .firft begm to.faulter ; . And they thar .fbo id be Watch~lights in the Temple.. ~re fnu~; and want -the oyl of good~xa~ple ~ The chofen Watch.:.men tll-a.t t11e Tow'r ~u·ld keep; Are waxenheavy.:..ey'd ·and fall aflecp~ · '· Lore~, if thy Watch.:.men fall afleep;awake them~ Although they flumbcr, do .hot quite forfake them; The flefh is weak , fay not ( if dulnefs fei1.e Their heavy _eys ) fleephencefort1l ; take your eafe : 1\ndwee poor weaklings,. when we fleep in fin; Knock,at o~r drowzy heans and never lin, · . Till thou awake our nn.:.congcaled eys ; . Left ( drown'din fleep )·we ftnk and ~ever rl~~..· T H E AR G l1 MEN T• .Thty qlleflio;z J onahw,henct he came., J;iis CfHI.mry, and his J!eoples '!'{ tm~e. · Ht mlltts re.ply : Thty mtJan thei.r wq;e; And ast_bis cq~n[et ·:whllt ta dfJ. , ' " rA S when aTheirs appr"hended on fufpett, .rl.And ch&rg,d for fomc fuppofetl n1alefatt, A rude concourfe of people firaight accrues, Whofe itching eau even [mart to lmow the news : The guilty pris'ner ( to him[elf bctraid) ~ .He ftands dejected , trembling , arid afraid : , SoJrn~ab fiood th~Salors all4mong , Inclo[ed ff)und amid the rud~r throng.
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