~ , , 4o8 Sion1 Elegiu; · Shewwon~ed favour to thy holy Hiii : Rebuild her walls,andlo~e thySion fiilf, E.L E. G. , 10. . ' J r t ,.. ~ KNees faiflv bent to Ditgon,now,defile Her wafted Templ~,rudely they difpoil · Th' abufed Altars, and no hand relievs. .,, Her houfe of Prayer, is turn'd a den ofTheeves; Her cofily Robes, her facred-treafure fiands . ... · ... ~·, A willing prey to facrilegous hands ; Her Priefi:s are flain, a1,1d in.a luke-warm {lood,. ~ Through ev~rychannel runs the Levites blood ; The hallowed Temple of the highefi: God, Whofe purer foot~fi:eps were not to b~ uq~ ~ With pnprepared feet, before .her eye Is turn'd 3~.rove, for bafe!dola_try. · E.L 'EG~ II. L ingring wi,th J?e~uh and.Famine, J.udab groans, ,. And to the Air breaths forth her atry moans, Her fainting 'eys wax dim, her cheeks grow pale,. Her wandring fteps defpair to fpeed, and fail, She1 faims, and through her trembling lips, ·halfdead~ She whifpers of the holy name ofbread: Great God, let thy offerid~d wrath furceafe,, · BeQold thy fervams, fend thy fervan ts peace ; ;Behold thy vaifais, groveling on the dufi; Be(mercifui (dear God as well as jufi: ~Tis thou, ttis thou alone, that fent this grief, ;"Tis thon, 'tis thou alone, can fend relief. I ' ELEG. 12~ ·My tongue'sin labour with her painful birth, That fin[ls no paifage,Lqrd>hoW firange_a dearth ' " . r ' • Of
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