, An Elegy. . 4· . .·D Ifi:ur& tne net you loads of flelh~nl blood, _ You natural Parents ofunnatural paffion; Sink not mine eys in that tempdiuous ftood; Which hurries faith from ht!r appointed ftation ; -Hence lumpifb grief, that only f~rves to brood The mungrel whefps ofdimghil contemplation ; Hence all that's earthy ; 0, my foul refine Thydroify thoughts (or beno thoughts ofmineJ And like our fubjelt proven& lefs, than all divine. s EVen fuch, was fbe :her richly furnifh'd brdl, . Was a fairTempie; and herhearc,a fhrine, Guarded with troops ofAngels, where did rcli' A glory nine times greater, than the Nine; · Jler foul wa_s fill'd with heav'n, and full poffefi: With heav'nly Rapt1.1res; She was all Divine : , She was ataarinony, where ev'ry part Was fung by graces, fo compos dby art, It rouz·up ev'ry ear, it ravifb't ev'ry heart. '· . ·FOr ever blafted be thofe narrow eys . . That look afquint ~pon this holy fh~ine.; · Thrtce be thofe lips acchrs'd that dare d•fgu1~c The facred Temple of the glorious.Trinc:; Still may thofe ears be fed with jars and lies, · That canoe relifh Mufick fo Divine : Who, ere thou be, that dare attempt to fpgt So pure a name, () may it prove thy Jot, For ever to be kQown tl}e thing that 1he was not. '" 7 - . G. ·uft forth mine eys,and when your floods~e fpc:nt Borrow new tydes from paffions Oratory; · · ';fake fl:re~ms on truft, until your ftood-gate$ vent The common fl:ock, and weep an Allegory; ·If.~earts turn fiones, make very ftones relent, And
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