364 Sionr Sonet.r.. J?iRoyal thoughts : let not the World allure My chafi:e defires from a fpoufe fo pure ; , But when as time fhall place me on thy* Trone, My feares fhall ceafe, and interrupt by none, .. I fhall tranfcend the ftile of Tranfitory , · · And full ofGlory, ftill be filrdwith glory. · ~The King~om ofHeaven• . ' .(4.] . . B U T you, my curious (and too.nice) allies, That view my fortnne~, with tOO narrow eys, You fay my fac~ . i& *black ang foul ; 'ti~ true; . I'm beauteoufto _my Love, though black tQ you; My,cenfure (lands not,upon.your efieem~ , He fe~s me~;ts l 'f am ; you,a~ I_teem ; .... . . . You fee the clouds, but he difcern·s the Sky; · ... . 1 Know, ·ris my3f that looks fo bla-ck, not I. · .. · . ~Through apparent infirmitie_s. *Glorious in him. ~Weafz.ttefs of the Flejh. _~ . [S·l ' ·, VV Hat if Affiiftions do dif-imbeUiili · My natural glory, and 'deny the relifh Ofmy adjourq_eqbea~~Yl yet dif~ain.not , r Her, by whofe necefiary lofs, you gam not ; , .. !'was inforc'd to* fwdrer in the Sun, . J ' : And* keep a firangers -Vine, left mine alone: · I left mine myn, and kept ~ firangers Vine ; The fanlt was* mine, but was* npt only tr}ine. * Afjlillions. * Forced to lol~·ttrou.ifup~rjti~ion!. . . " *by reafon o{my weak.!1e[s. * beiilg feduced by fa![~ Prophets. .. . · , , · . [6.] 0 Thou, whofe love I priz.,e abovemy life, More wonhy fare enjoy a fairer wife, Tell me, to whar cool fhade dofl: thou refort l Where gr~ze rhy She~p,where do thy Lambs difpoPt, \ · Free
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