41S . Sions lregku. , Mine eyes are &.int with tears; tears hav'erio.end, The more are fpent, the more remain to·~fpend• What marble ( ah) what' ·Adamantine eye~ , · i .· ::.. . ' Can look on Sions ruine, and not cry ! · . 1 . ., ' ' J • ... EL E G. 12. : ·; , . ~· ·. · -. ' ' . .. M. Y tongue ! the tongues ofAngels are too faint T' exprefs the caufc:s ofmy juft complaint ; ' See now the-pale-fac'd fucklings roar for foofl,' · And from their milklefs mothers breafis, draw blood : · Children furceafe theirferiQus toyes, and plead With trickling tears, Ah mothers, giveus bread! ·Such good1y .Barns, and po'l! one grain of Cor:n I Whydid the Sworde[cap's! Why wer eweborn , To be devour'd ahd pin'd with famine ?fave us i With quick relief, or take the lives, you g'ave us: They cty'd for bread, that fcarce had bteath to cry, And wami~gmeans to live, found means todye. ' r i NEver~ a,h 1 n~ver yet, did vengeance'brahd ' A' State withdeeper ruin'e,than thy Land ; · 'Dear·Sion , hou.could mifcnief been morekeen, .. Or ([ruck thy glory witha fharper fpleen ! Wherew ( JerN[alem·) tO what !hall 1 c\)mpare this thyunequall'd .mifery? - 1;urn hack:.to .Ag~~paft, Searchdeep Itecords: Theirsare; thine canriot be ~xpreft in words · W01~ld, would.to ·God, my lives cheapprice might be Efieem'd.ofv.alue, but tQ ranfome-thee; Would I co·uld cure thyg.tief; but who is able Toheal that ·wound, that·is·immedicable?. , . . , .. . ( .. . ' . ,.. .ELEG•
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