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The description of this Perfection.
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The description of this Perfection.
Dares then thy too audacious sense
Presume, define that boundlesse Ens,
That amplest thought transcendeth?
O yet vouchsafe my Muse, to greete
That wondrous rarenesse, in whose sweete
All praise begins and endeth.
Presume, define that boundlesse Ens,
That amplest thought transcendeth?
O yet vouchsafe my Muse, to greete
That wondrous rarenesse, in whose sweete
All praise begins and endeth.
Diuinest Beautie? that was slightest,
That adorn'd this wondrous Brightest,
Which had nought to be corrupted.
In this, Perfection had no meane
To this, Earths purest was vncleane
Which virtue euen instructed.
That adorn'd this wondrous Brightest,
Which had nought to be corrupted.
In this, Perfection had no meane
To this, Earths purest was vncleane
Which virtue euen instructed.
By it all Beings deck'd and stained,
Ideas that are idly fained
Onely here subsist inuested.
Dread not to giue strain'd praise at all,
No speech is Hyperbolicall,
To this perfection blessed.
Ideas that are idly fained
Onely here subsist inuested.
Dread not to giue strain'd praise at all,
No speech is Hyperbolicall,
To this perfection blessed.
Thus close my Rimes, this all that can be sayd,
This wonder neuer can be flattered.
This wonder neuer can be flattered.
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