Sion.t Elegiu~ I am the man, 'gainfi: whom th' Eternal bath ·· Difcharg·d the louder volley ofhis wrath.: ... - ~' I am the man, on whom the brow of night ·Hath fcowl'd, unworthy to behold the light; I am the man, in whom th' Almighty fhowes The dire example of unpatern'd woes: ~ I am that Pris'ncr,ranfom cannot free; I am that ttlan, ~nd I am only he. ELEG. 2. .':.J BOndage_hath forc'd my fervile neck to fail Beneath her load; Affliftions nimble flail Hath threfht my foul upon a floor of ftones, 1 And quafbt the marrow ofmy -broken bones : ·· Th' afTembled powers of heaven enrag'd, are eager To roqtme out; heaven~ fouldiers do beleager My worried foul, my foul unapt for fleeing, Tha~ yields, o'rburthen'd with her tedious being; Th' AJmightks hand hath clouded all my li&ht~ _ And clad my foul with a perpetual night, A night of torments, and eternal farrow, Like that ofdeath, that never finds a morrow, £ L £G. 3• 'CHain·d ·to the brazen pillars of my woes, : ·{ I flrive in vain. No mortal hand can loofe ·what heaven hath bound; my foul is wall'd about, That hope cannot get in, nor fear get out : When e'r my wav'ring hopes to heaven addre{s "fhe feeble voice ofmy extreme difirefs · He Hops his tyred ears, without regard 0 Suit, or Suitor, leaves my prayers ·unheard; Before my faint and fiumhling feet he layes · Blocks, todifturbmy beft advifed waies: Ee 4 ~
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