\ Sions. Eleg;u; ~- l Threnodia IV~- .1..... ; " '~ I ' .. E.LE.G. I • , fALcts, w"at alterations !Ah,how firange .~ma~ent ftows from rush an uncouth change·! Atnbttaous rume !Could thy razmg hand · . Find ne'r a (ubjelt but the Holy Land? . ' Thou facrilegious ruine, to attempt · ' · 'The hou.(e ofGodJ was not.heavens houfc exempt From thy accurled Rape ?ah me !behold, . Sion,whofe Payment of refulgent gold '- . . So lately cJiCI reftca, fo bright, fo pure, How dim, howdrowfie now ( ah ! ) how obfcure ! tier facred ftones lie fcatter'd in the fireet, Forfl:umbl~~g blocks before the Levites feet. E. L £G• :2. . ·, / ·B.· Eh~idher Princes;whofe viltorious brows · .. Farbe ·oft had crowned with her Lawrel boughs, See how.th<:y hid~ their fham~· confounding crefis~ And hang their heads upon their fainting brefis ; . Behold her Captains, and brave men at Arms, Whofe fpirits firedat Wars loud alarms, . . Like worried fheep how flee they at the ooife Of Drums, a.nd fiattle at the Trumpets voice ! They faint, and like amazed:Lions fhow ., 'Their fearful heels ifCnaunticleere but crow; flow are the pillars (Sion) oft~1y fiate Transform'd to clay, andburmfrtt gold folate l ELE(}.
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