Streams from Helicon Or, Poems On Various Subjects. In Three Parts. By Alexander Pennecuik ... The Second Edition. Enter'd in Stationer's Hall |
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Peerage of the Wood do first conveen,
The Oak, the Poplar, and the lofty Pine;
The Ash, the Elm, the Beech, and Fir, are sent,
To represent the Shires in Parliament.
The Hazel, Willow, and the Bramble Brood,
Compear as honest Burghers of the Wood;
Some lusty Cedars came from Sol'mon's Porch,
In pious Zeal to represent the Church,
But were return'd unto the Lord of Hosts,
(The Clergy most not grasp at civil Posts.)
Th'States conveen'd, did with one Voice declare,
That Prelates should attend their past'ral Care,
And fit young Levites for the House of Prayer.
A Member said, Condemn them to their Cells,
Else we'll turn deaf with Aaron's jangling Bells:
They ought to mind the Flock, and not the Fleece,
Live like the Chaplains of the PRINCE of PEACE.
Spending their Days in Penitence and Prayer,
Still in their Eye the penitential Tear.
The Oak, the Poplar, and the lofty Pine;
The Ash, the Elm, the Beech, and Fir, are sent,
To represent the Shires in Parliament.
The Hazel, Willow, and the Bramble Brood,
Compear as honest Burghers of the Wood;
Some lusty Cedars came from Sol'mon's Porch,
In pious Zeal to represent the Church,
But were return'd unto the Lord of Hosts,
(The Clergy most not grasp at civil Posts.)
Th'States conveen'd, did with one Voice declare,
That Prelates should attend their past'ral Care,
And fit young Levites for the House of Prayer.
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Else we'll turn deaf with Aaron's jangling Bells:
They ought to mind the Flock, and not the Fleece,
Live like the Chaplains of the PRINCE of PEACE.
Spending their Days in Penitence and Prayer,
Still in their Eye the penitential Tear.
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