' ' · Sio~J Elegiu. or words, concomirates a world ofwo~s ! . 1neither can conceal , nor yet difclofe : · You weary Pilgr)mes, you, whofe change ofClimes Have taught you change of Fortune, and of.Times, Stay, fiay your feeble fteps, and cafi your eys on me the Abfiraft ofall miferies. --. Say ( PilgrimesJfay, ife'r your eys behe14 More tru~r· Jliades; more unparallei'd, · : · And matelefs .evils, which my offended God ·· Re-ulcerates, wi~h his enraged Rod. · ~ · EL E G. t 3• NO humane power-could, ne .envious Art · Ofmortal man, could thus fubjelt my heart, My glowing heag, to thefe imperious fires : No, earthly farrow, but at length expires; · But thefe my.Tyrant-torments do extend To infinites, nor having eafe, nor end; Lo, I the Pris'ner of the highefl: God, Inthralled to the vengeance ofhis Rod, Lie bound in fetters, that I cannnt ftie, Nor y·er endure hisdeadly firokes, nor die: · ·· My joys are rurn'd to farrows, backt with (ears, ,And I poor I ) lie pickled up in rears. ' - EL EG. I4'. 0 !How unfufferabie is the waight ·~· .J Of fin !how miferable is their fiate , The filence of whofe fecret fin conceals · The (mart, till Jufiice to Revenge appeals! Howpond~rous are my crimes, whofe ample fcroul Weigl]s down t:h~ pillars ofmy brokenSoul ! Their four, mafqu'd with fweetnefs, over-fwai'd me Andwith their fmiling kiffes, they betray'd me; ' Betray'd
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