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GONDIBERT,
CANTO the Sixth.
The Argument.
How Astragon to Heav'n his duty pays
In Pray'r, and Penitence, but most in Praise:
To these he sev'ral Temples dedicates:
And Ulfin their distinguish'd use relates.
Religion's Rites, seem here, in Reasons sway;
Though Reason must Religion's Laws obay.
How Astragon to Heav'n his duty pays
In Pray'r, and Penitence, but most in Praise:
To these he sev'ral Temples dedicates:
And Ulfin their distinguish'd use relates.
Religion's Rites, seem here, in Reasons sway;
Though Reason must Religion's Laws obay.
1.
THe noble Youths (reclaim'd by what they saw)
Would here unquiet war, as pride, forsake;
And study quiet Nature's pleasant Law,
Which Schools, through pride, by Art uneasie make.
THe noble Youths (reclaim'd by what they saw)
Would here unquiet war, as pride, forsake;
And study quiet Nature's pleasant Law,
Which Schools, through pride, by Art uneasie make.
2.
But now a sudden Shout their thoughts diverts!
So chearfull, general, and loud it was,
As pass'd through all their Ears, and fill'd their Hearts;
Which lik'd the joy, before they knew the cause.
But now a sudden Shout their thoughts diverts!
So chearfull, general, and loud it was,
As pass'd through all their Ears, and fill'd their Hearts;
Which lik'd the joy, before they knew the cause.
3.
This Ulfin by his long Domestick skill
Does thus explain, The Wise I here observe,
Are wise tow'rds God; in whose great service still,
More than in that of Kings, themselves they serve.
This Ulfin by his long Domestick skill
Does thus explain, The Wise I here observe,
Are wise tow'rds God; in whose great service still,
More than in that of Kings, themselves they serve.
4.
He who this Building's Builder did create,
As an Apartment here Triangular;
Where Astragon Three Fanes did dedicate,
To days of Praise, of Penitence, and Pray'r.
He who this Building's Builder did create,
As an Apartment here Triangular;
Where Astragon Three Fanes did dedicate,
To days of Praise, of Penitence, and Pray'r.
5.
To these, from diff'rent motives, all proceed;
For when discov'ries they on Nature gain,
They praise high Heav'n which makes their work succeed,
But when it falls, in Penitence complain.
To these, from diff'rent motives, all proceed;
For when discov'ries they on Nature gain,
They praise high Heav'n which makes their work succeed,
But when it falls, in Penitence complain.
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