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GONDIBERT,
27.
But since dull Men, to gratitude are slow,
And joy'd consent of Hearts is high Heav'ns choice;
To this of Praise, shouts summon us to go;
Of Hearts assembled, the unfeigned Voice.
But since dull Men, to gratitude are slow,
And joy'd consent of Hearts is high Heav'ns choice;
To this of Praise, shouts summon us to go;
Of Hearts assembled, the unfeigned Voice.
28.
And since, wise Astragon, with due applause,
Kind Heav'n, for his success, on Nature pays;
This day, Victorious Art, has given him cause,
Much to augment Heav'ns lov'd reward of praise.
And since, wise Astragon, with due applause,
Kind Heav'n, for his success, on Nature pays;
This day, Victorious Art, has given him cause,
Much to augment Heav'ns lov'd reward of praise.
29.
For this effectual day his Art reveal'd,
What has so oft made Nature's spies to pine,
The Load-stones mystick use, so long conceal'd
In closs allyance with the courser Mine.
For this effectual day his Art reveal'd,
What has so oft made Nature's spies to pine,
The Load-stones mystick use, so long conceal'd
In closs allyance with the courser Mine.
30.
And this in sleepy Vision, he was bid
To register in Characters unknown;
Which Heav'n will have from Navigators hid,
Till Saturn's walk be twenty Circuits grown.
And this in sleepy Vision, he was bid
To register in Characters unknown;
Which Heav'n will have from Navigators hid,
Till Saturn's walk be twenty Circuits grown.
31.
For as Religion (in the warm East bred)
And Arts (which next to it most needfull were)
From Vices sprung from their corruption, fled;
And thence vouchsaf'd a cold Plantation here;
For as Religion (in the warm East bred)
And Arts (which next to it most needfull were)
From Vices sprung from their corruption, fled;
And thence vouchsaf'd a cold Plantation here;
32.
So when they here again corrupted be,
(For Man can even his Antidotes insect)
Heav'ns reserv'd world they in the West shall see;
To which this stone's hid virtue will direct.
So when they here again corrupted be,
(For Man can even his Antidotes insect)
Heav'ns reserv'd world they in the West shall see;
To which this stone's hid virtue will direct.
33.
Religion then (whose Age this world upbraids,
As scorn'd deformitie) will thither steer;
Serv'd at fit distance by the Arts, her Maids,
Which grow too bold, when they attend too neer.
Religion then (whose Age this world upbraids,
As scorn'd deformitie) will thither steer;
Serv'd at fit distance by the Arts, her Maids,
Which grow too bold, when they attend too neer.
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