·siom Eltg1e.r. il7 From wafted'Bion .; h~r high walls, thatwere An armedproofagainft the brunt of fear; . · · Are fhrunk for fbame, ifnot withdrawn, for pity, To fee the ruine Qf fo braveaCity ; '" ,' ·Het·Kings, and out-law'd Princes live conRrain'd ···Hourly to hear the·riame of heaven prdfan'd ; Manners and Laws, the life of government, Are fent into eternal banifhment; ' , Her Prophets ceafe to preach ; they vow,·unheard t Th~y howl toheaven, but heavengives no regard. E.LEG. Ia,··, - • , ~! . .. . . \·TTJng, •Priefl:, and People; all alike are clad l~Inweeds of Sackcloth; taken from t\1~ fad Wardrope offorrow, Prof.f:rate on the earth, · · They dofe their lips,their lips eftrang'd to mirth ; . Silent they fit, for dearth offpeech affords A fbarp-er accent, for true grief, than words: The Father wants a Son, the Son a Mother ; TheBride her Groom : the Brother wants a Brother ; Some, Famine :Exile fome: and fome the Sword Hath flain·, :' all want,- y.rhen Si on W'll'l~S her Lord : . How art thou all in all! Tliere,s nothing fcant (Great God)wii:h thee ; without thee, all thin~s want.· E. LE G. 11. '. . LAunch forth my foul into afeaof tears, Whore ballanc,d bulk, no other Pilot ftears~ Than raging.forrow.; whofeuncertain hand, . Wanting her compdfs, firikes on every fand-; Driven with ftorm of fighs;fhe feeks the HavetJ Of Refi:, but.hke a Noahs wandring Raven, She fcowres the Main : and, as a Sea-loft Rover; She roams, but can no land of peace dij"c;ovt:r: E e · · ~ ~iac
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