A paraphrase upon the canticles and some select hymns of the New and Old Testament, with other occasional compositions in English verse. By Samuel Woodford |
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Sonnet of the same.
Ad promotionem in S. S. Ordines.
Prepare thy Chariot, Love, and heaviest Chain,That for my Muses Sister, this for me,
For I at length have got the Victory,
And loaded thus must grace her pompous Train!
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The mighty Spoil, were Importunity,
Freedom renounc'd, and sacred Vows to be
Her Slave, o're whom I should the Victory gain.
Mysterious War! yet since thou dost delight,
Great Love, thy Sov'raignty to exercise
In such unheard of Contrarieties,
Lo! how I suit my entrance to the Fight:
The Victor is in Chains led Captive Home,
And she in Triumph Rides, who was o'recome.
| A paraphrase upon the canticles | |