Sion.r Elegiu: Her fervants Cities (that were onceat hand, And bow'd their fervile necks to her command) Srand all aloof, as flrangers to-her moan, . And g'ive her leave to fpend her t~ars alone ; Her neighbours ·flatter, whh a faJfe relief, - .And witha-kifs t>erray her, wher grief•. ~ . ' .. ( . , .. .I . 1.1. . . ) . . ~ ~ :) \ C . Ompa'fi around with Seas.of briny tea~s, - · ' -Judah laments _; di{lraught with double fear-s ;_ ' ·Even as the fear full Partr1dg, to,excufe her ·· ' . From rhe fierce Gof.:bawk, that tOO clofe purfuesher~ Falls ·in a Cov~rr, andher felf dorh ·cove·r -· ' - ,. _ ,· From her unequal Foe that fits above her: - •~ ·}1 ·.t ' Mean-while the treafori pfher quick Retrivc;rs, Difcovers novel dan'gers, and' delivers . Her to a.feconpfear, whofe double f~ight Finds fa.fety nor in ftaying, nor in flight : ' :. - ?– Even fo1s Judah vext with change of woes, -·w . ~etwixt the home-br;d,and her forein Foes. -·:1.:1 ---:.. · · :cd Hi:-! ELEG. -4• Did n~t thefe facred G:aufeys,_ that are leadi~g · .. . .ToStoh, )ate feem pav'd, with ·oftentread~ng S· Now fecret Dens, for lurking Theeves to meet -~ '-_r'· • U~preft, unlefs by facrilegious feet; ' .": Sron, the Temple of the highefl: God " ,t Stands defolate, her holy fte~s untrod ·; · 1.~· • Her Altars are defac'd, her Virgin-fires Surccafe,and with'a ffink her fnuff expires; Her Prjefits have .chang·d their Hymns to fighs1&cries, Her_Yir~ins weep forth Rivers from their eys : 0 Sron, thou th?t wert the Child of mirth, Art now the fcorn,'l.nd by-wordofthe·Earth. Dd 3 E.LE.v·~ ~-
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