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GONDIBERT,
69.
Each humbled thus his Beasts led from aboard,
As fellow-Passengers, and Heirs to breath;
Joynt Tenants to the World, he not their Lord;
Such likeness have we in the Glass of Death.
Each humbled thus his Beasts led from aboard,
As fellow-Passengers, and Heirs to breath;
Joynt Tenants to the World, he not their Lord;
Such likeness have we in the Glass of Death.
70.
Yet this humilitie begets their joy;
And taught, that Heav'n (which fully sin survays)
Was partial where it did not quite destroy;
So made the whole World's Dirge their song of praise.
Yet this humilitie begets their joy;
And taught, that Heav'n (which fully sin survays)
Was partial where it did not quite destroy;
So made the whole World's Dirge their song of praise.
71.
This first redemption to another led,
Kinder in deeds, and nobler in effects;
That but a few did respit from the Dead,
This all the Dead from second Death protects.
This first redemption to another led,
Kinder in deeds, and nobler in effects;
That but a few did respit from the Dead,
This all the Dead from second Death protects.
72.
And know, lost Nature, this resemblance was
Thy frank Redeemer in ascension shown;
When Hell he conquer'd in thy desp'rate cause;
Hell, which before Man's common Grave was grown.
And know, lost Nature, this resemblance was
Thy frank Redeemer in ascension shown;
When Hell he conquer'd in thy desp'rate cause;
Hell, which before Man's common Grave was grown.
73.
By an Imperial Pencil this was wrought;
Rounded in all the Curious would behold;
Where life Came out, and Met the Painters thought;
The Force was tender, though the strokes were bold.
By an Imperial Pencil this was wrought;
Rounded in all the Curious would behold;
Where life Came out, and Met the Painters thought;
The Force was tender, though the strokes were bold.
74.
The holy Mourners, who this Lord of Life
Ascending saw, did seem with him to rise;
So well the Painter drew their Passions strife,
To follow him with Bodies, as with Eyes.
The holy Mourners, who this Lord of Life
Ascending saw, did seem with him to rise;
So well the Painter drew their Passions strife,
To follow him with Bodies, as with Eyes.
75.
This was the chief which in this Temple did,
By Pencils Rhethorick to praise perswade;
Yet to the living here, compar'd, seems hid;
Who shine all painted Glory into shade.
This was the chief which in this Temple did,
By Pencils Rhethorick to praise perswade;
Yet to the living here, compar'd, seems hid;
Who shine all painted Glory into shade.
Lord
