... Slons llegiu6 ELEG. 2. BEau~, n~r rirengthofbuiiding could entice 5 Or force revenge from her juft enterprife ; · Mercy hath fi:opt her cars, and lull:ice hath · fowr'd ·out full vials of her kindled wrath; Impatient of delay,.fhe hath firuck down . I ( The pride of Sion, kickt offJudah 1 ~ Crown; Her ftreets unpeopled,and difperfi her powers ~ndwith the'ground hath Ievell'd her high Towers~ f.fer Priefls are flain ; her captiv'd Princes are Unranfom'd Prifoners ; Slaves her met1 of war; , Nothing remains of ail her wonted glory, B~t fad memorials ofher tragick fi.ory~ - ELEG. ,. · ..·confufed horrout, and confounding fhame 1 ~ Have blurr'd the beauty, and renowned name Of righteous ilrael; i[rael's fruitful Land, Entail'd by Heaven, with the ufurping hand Ofuncontrouled Gentiles, is laid wafl:e, 4nd with the fpoil ofruine is defac 'd; · The angry mouth ofJufiice blows the fires Ofhafiy vengeance, whofe quicktlame afpires With fury to that place, which heaven did fever, For Jacoh, and his holy feed for ever; No part, no fecret angle of the Land, · - Which bears no mark ofheaven's enraged hand. . EL E G. 4· (heart~ DArts, thrild from heaven, transfix my bleeding And fill my foul with everlafiing fmart, tvhofe fefi 'ring wound no fortune can r.ecure ; !h' Almighty fi:rikes but fddorn, but firike-s fJ,lre; . HIS'
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