Sions Elegiu; Ofthcfe fad times·, and ages yet to be t Envy could .pine,but never hope to fee Thy. buildings crufht, and all that gl~ry ende.d, Wh1ch man fo fortifi'd, and heavendefended~ E. LE. G. 13. 437 N E'r had die fplendor of t!!Y bright Renowri ' Been thus extinguifht <. Judtth;) Thy fafl'Crown Hadne'r be~n fpurn'd from thy Imperial brow, · " · : · J?lenty had nurs'd thy foul, thy peaceful plow . ..' Had fill.,d thy fruitful «_uarters with encreafe, . Hadfi: thou but kaown thy felf, and loved peace; But thou haflbroke that fa.cred truce, concluded Betwixt thy God, and thee ; vainly aeluded . Thy felfwith thine own fi:rength, with deadly feud] Thy furious Priefts and Prophets have purfu'd The mouming _Saints ofSion ; and did flay . All fuch as were more juft, mor~pure, than they. E.J..{G. 14· · 0 How the l'riefis.of Sjon, whofe ·pure li.ght Should fhine to fuch, as grope in Errors night. Apd blaze lik<; lamps ~efore the darkned eye , Of ignorance, to raife up thofe that lie . ' ·In dull defpair, and guide thole ft;et that ftray" · · Ay me ( how blind, how dark, how dull are they Fear, 1\age,and Fury drives them through the ftrr– And, like to madmen, fiab at all they meet ; They wear the purple Livery ofDeath, · And live themfelves, by .drawing others breath·: Say ( wafted Si on) could Revenge behold $.o fQul anacted Scene as this, and hold. ! . ELE.Ci. ' ' I
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