46o A.~ E!egJ. 8. ' Glleat paie-fac'dTyran,child ofmans tranfgreffion 0 could thy cruelty find nq exprefTion ' Moremild, than this ? In fuch a time to bear · A fheph~ud hence, and the bold Wolffo near! - · What arm fhali refcue us? wh~t cro9k fball guide us_} What_ hand fhaU fold us? or what C~ve !hall hide us .cl O, what heroick heart wili interpofe · Betwixt our lives, and"our blood-thirfiy foes ! Great pale-fac'd Tyran, ''tis our fhepherds heart · That bleeds ; but ours, that H:nart. . . . . 9· · > • BUt what can tears avail? Or what Relief 1 Ca_n fad complai·m expea:! · Can whining grief' .. .Unlotk the brazen gates_of grifly cleat 1 , · Andwarm his'afhes wfrh :a fecond breath? Husba~d .thy fighs, hoard up 'thy ftue.~r,tears · For thmeown ufe : Thy well-examm d years Will find a jnfi occafion t?difpend __ More ldrop~, than thy poor flock can recomp1end; . Leave him to refi ; h1s blefi efi:ate appears ' ~ - ·~ No fubjelt for thy tears .. 10. ' G· 0 glorious S0ui:, ·_ a~d - Iay thy Temples dowl'l , , In Abram's boforn, jn the facred Doun Of fofr Eternity ; be ful,l poifefi With holyarmfuls of Angel-H~e Re£\:: Put on thyMilk:white Robe, and take the prize Of promi$'d glory ; let the gladder eyes Of fmooth-f;tc'd Cherubims, enrich'd with fmi1es, Dart beams ofev<;rlafl:ing joy; the whiles Poor we transform our rears into a trufl:, To fpring a·Phrenix from a P-henix dufi. t I McrcCI pecca~i m;:-·.r eft; & janu:t vittto M I L- ..
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