r J , ............. \ :.A Feaft for Worms: ~ . r. ,· . '. Meditatio ultim~. My hear~ is f~ll, ~1y v.ent is too ro0 ftrait ; 1 \ My tot'1gue ~ too .trufty ~o my .poor.conceit ; My 1'nind's in 1?-hour, and finds no redrefs ; ; .. . ·Mrhcari conteive~, my lip_scannot exprefi ;. · :. My Organs futf"" ·~nro~gh~ m.ain defea ;_ J Alas ! I wa,nt a prop.er D_ialett . ,, To blazon fo.rrh the tithe ofwhat I mufe ; . .Themore I meditate, 'the more accrew.s ; -:But lo," my faultring tongue mufi: fay n<:U:l'lore~ . Unlefs fhe fiep wher~ ihe h~th trod before." , .. What? fhaJ1 I then be filent? No, 1~11 fy-eak . ( Till tongue be tired; and rny lungs be weak ) 0fdcare!l: Mercy, in as fweet a firain, ~ · ' ,·As it 'fhould/pleafe my .Mt1fe ro' lend·a vain; 'And when my voice ihaU ftop within her fourfc, And fpeech !hall faLilte(itfthis high difcourfe; ':My tyrcd tongue ( unfhamb' d) ihall ·thus e.xt~pd Qnly to ~a~ne, Dear M~rcy ·and fo e1;1a. . . ~:: : 0 high Imperial Ki.ng, Heavens Archite8: ~ · h Man a thing bcfictin.g t~y refpc~ ?.. ·. . : Lord, th0_u a~t Wi(ddm, and thy ways are holy? :But Ma.n's polluted, full of filt),, and follx.; 1 '. ·yer.ish: (Lord) the fabric~ ofthy hand, · And _in,his Soul he hears t11y glori0us h>ra~dJ · Howe'r defaced with rl~e ruft of fin, .. I Whichhath abns'd thy ftamp~ am\ eaten in;'·. 'Tis not the frailty-~~ Mans corrupted nature, . Makes thee aiham~d t ' qcknowledtz;e man fhycreature; But l ,~e a render Father, here .tn earth, . l I ( W:l'iofe child by nature~ or abortive birth, I;>oth want that fweet and favorable rellifh, }iVhcrewith her creatures Namre doth imrelliih) Refpcfts
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