Fovre bookes of Du Bartas I. The Arke, II. Babylon, III. The Colonnyes, IIII. The Columues or Pyllars: In French and English, for the Instrvction and Pleasvre of Svch as Delight in Both Langvages. By William Lisle ... Together with a large Commentary by S. G. S |
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And laid in graue. The last is th'euerlasting rest.
Then shall th'embillowed Sea be downe a leuell prest:
The Sunne shall lose his light, Heau'n stay his whirling round,
All fruit shall cease to grow vpon th'all-bearing ground.
And we that haue on earth beleeued Heauenly troaths,
Shall keepe in Heau'nly ioy the Saboth of Sabothes.
Then shall th'embillowed Sea be downe a leuell prest:
The Sunne shall lose his light, Heau'n stay his whirling round,
All fruit shall cease to grow vpon th'all-bearing ground.
And we that haue on earth beleeued Heauenly troaths,
Shall keepe in Heau'nly ioy the Saboth of Sabothes.
What shall I hope (alas) of all the latter age,
Or fierie vengeance sent to burne this worldly stage,
Or men who law'd by lust, nere heard of God, nor me?
What shall I hope of them, when these whose pedegree,
So late from Eden draw'n, continues liuely sense
Or fierie vengeance sent to burne this worldly stage,
Or men who law'd by lust, nere heard of God, nor me?
What shall I hope of them, when these whose pedegree,
So late from Eden draw'n, continues liuely sense
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