·Sions E/egie1~ 41S' Thebaf~ condition ofmy low ef1:ate, - My exalted foes di(dain and wonder at 1 Turn where I lift, thefe, thefe my wretched eys, They find no·objelts, but newmifcrics; My foul,accuftom'd to fo long increafe · Of pains, forgers that fhe had evp peace: Thus, thus perplext, thus with qiy griefs diflraltcd~ What fhall I do ! Heavens power's are compalted To work my eternal ruine; Towhat friend Shall I make moan, when heaven t:Qnfpires my,end ! E. LEG• .7• r GReat God ! what help (ah me ! ) what hope is lcfr To him, that of thy prefence is bereft ? Abfcnted froru thy favour, what remains, But fenfe and fad rc:membrance ofmy pains? . Yet bath affiiltionop'ned my dull ear, - ~nd taught me what in weaJ I ne're could.hear: Her fcourge hathtutor•d me with fharp corrcftions, ,And fwag'd the fwelling ofmy proud1 affeftions; Till nO\V I flumbred ina profp'rous dream, from whence awak'd, my griefs are more extream ; Hopes newJy quickned, have my foul aftur'd; - · That gri~fi difcover'd, are one half recur"do ELE.G.s. HAD net the milder hand of mercy broke ' Tlw furious violence of that fatal firoke Offended ]ufiice firuck, we had been quite J.ofi in the fl1adowes of eternal njght; · · Thy mercy,Lprd, is like the morning Sun, Whofe beams l;IQdo, what fable night hath done; Or likeafiream, the current of whofe courfe J\d}:rain'd a while, runs ·w~th afwifte(force; 'J "l ' .. Oh, · . ..
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