Slons Elegies~ .. '. ' LAbour perfetted,with the evening ends;· · The lamp ofheaven(hi's courfefulfiU'd)de_f~en'ds;._ Can works of nature feek, aud find a refi i · · And fhall the torments of a troubled breft 1 ·:I .· ·! f!{ ' • I mpo£>~ d by natures all-commanding God,. !'~ · · ' Ne~r know an end, ne'r find aperiod? · Dear foul defpair nt>t, Whet thy dull belief With hope; heavens mercy will o'rcome thygti~.t Fr-om thee, not him proceeds thy punifhmetltj · · He'!> flow to fh~ath, and fpeedy to relent.= . 1"hou burn~fi l!ke gold, confumeft not l1ke fuel; 0,wrong not heaven, to think that heaven is cr~ei. E LEG. 12. ' ,. I r MOuntains fhall rno. ve, the Sun his citclingt!opr~c Shall fiop ; tridenteEl Neptun~ fhall divor~e Th~ embracing floods from their beloved Ild, , Ereheaven forgets his fervanr, and recoiles, · · From his eternal vow : Thofe, thofe that bruife His broken Reeds, or fecretly abufe The doubtful title of a rightful caufe, Or with falfe bribes, adulterate the Laws That fhould be chafie, thefe, thefe,th' Almightyhatb Br;1nded for fubjelts ofa future wrath ; Ohmay the jufl man know,th' Eternal hafiens His plagues for trya1s; loves the child he chafiens - 1r ( EG. 1;. N 0 mortal power, nor fupernal might, .L Not Lucifer, nor no infernal fprigh~, ' · · .. Nor al) together joyn'd in one commiiflon · · d Can th :nk or act without divine permiffion; ~· Man
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