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GONDIBERT,
83.
Hither, with borrow'd strength, Duke Gondibert
Was brought, which now his rip'ning wounds allow;
And high Heav'ns praise in musick of the heart,
He inward sings, to pay a Victor's vow.
Hither, with borrow'd strength, Duke Gondibert
Was brought, which now his rip'ning wounds allow;
And high Heav'ns praise in musick of the heart,
He inward sings, to pay a Victor's vow.
84.
Praise is devotion fit for mightie Minds!
The diff'ring World's agreeing Sacrifice;
Where Heav'n divided Faiths united finds;
But Pray'r in various discord upward flies.
Praise is devotion fit for mightie Minds!
The diff'ring World's agreeing Sacrifice;
Where Heav'n divided Faiths united finds;
But Pray'r in various discord upward flies.
85.
For Pray'r the Ocean is, where diversly
Men steer their Course, each to a sev'ral Coast;
Where all our int'rests so discordant be,
That half beg winds by which the rest are lost.
For Pray'r the Ocean is, where diversly
Men steer their Course, each to a sev'ral Coast;
Where all our int'rests so discordant be,
That half beg winds by which the rest are lost.
86.
By Penitence, when we our selves forsake,
'Tis but in wise design on pitious Heav'n;
In Praise we nobly give, what God may take,
And are without a Beggers blush forgiv'n.
By Penitence, when we our selves forsake,
'Tis but in wise design on pitious Heav'n;
In Praise we nobly give, what God may take,
And are without a Beggers blush forgiv'n.
87.
Its utmost force, like Powder's, is unknown!
And though weak Kings excess of Praise may fear,
Yet when 'tis here, like Powder, dang'rous grown,
Heav'ns Vault receives, what would the Palace tear.
Its utmost force, like Powder's, is unknown!
And though weak Kings excess of Praise may fear,
Yet when 'tis here, like Powder, dang'rous grown,
Heav'ns Vault receives, what would the Palace tear.
CANTO
