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XIII.
[Loe, when backe mine eye]
Loe, when backe mine eye,
Pilgrim-like, I cast,
What fearefull wayes I spye,
Which, blinded, I securely past!
Pilgrim-like, I cast,
What fearefull wayes I spye,
Which, blinded, I securely past!
But now heav'n hath drawne
From my browes that night;
As when the day doth dawne,
So cleares my long imprison'd sight.
From my browes that night;
As when the day doth dawne,
So cleares my long imprison'd sight.
Straight the caves of hell
Drest with flowres I see,
Wherein false pleasures dwell,
That, winning most, most deadly be.
Drest with flowres I see,
Wherein false pleasures dwell,
That, winning most, most deadly be.
Throngs of masked Feinds,
Wing'd like Angels, flye,
Ev'n in the gates of Friends;
In faire disguise blacke dangers lye.
Wing'd like Angels, flye,
Ev'n in the gates of Friends;
In faire disguise blacke dangers lye.
Straight to Heav'n I rais'd
My restored sight,
And with loud voyce I prais'd
The Lord of ever-during light.
My restored sight,
And with loud voyce I prais'd
The Lord of ever-during light.
And, since I had stray'd
From his wayes so wide,
His grace I humbly pray'd
Hence-forth to be my guard and guide.
From his wayes so wide,
His grace I humbly pray'd
Hence-forth to be my guard and guide.
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