A Collection of Miscellanies Consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written. By John Norris ... The Second Edition Corrected |
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The Impatient.
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The Impatient.
I
What envious Laws are those of Fate,Which fix a Gulph (Blest Souls) 'twixt us and you!
How 'twou'd refresh and chear our Mortal state,
When our dejected Looks confess
The emptiness of earthly Bliss,
Could we in this black night your brighter Glories view!
II
Vain comfort when I thus complainTo hear the Wise and Solemn gravely say,
Your grief and curiosity restrain,
Death will e're long this Bar remove,
And bring you to the Blest above,
Till then with this great Prospect all your longings stay.
III
But ah the Joy peculiar hereDoes from the greater excellence arise,
'Twill be worth nothing in an equal Sphere.
Let me your noble converse have
Blest Spirits, on this side the Grave,
I shall hereafter be as great as you, as wise.
IV
Besides, when plung'd in Bliss divineI shall not taste, or need this lesser joy.
What comfort then does from this Prospect shine?
'Tis just as if in depth of night,
You rob a Traveller of his light;
And promise to restore't when 'tis clear day.
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