A Collection of Miscellanies Consisting of Poems, Essays, Discourses & Letters, Occasionally Written. By John Norris ... The Second Edition Corrected |
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The Return.
I
Dear Contemplation my divinest Joy,VVhen I thy sacred Mount ascend
VVhat Heavenly sweets my Soul employ!
VVhy can't I there my days for ever spend?
VVhen I have conquer'd thy steep Heights with Pain
VVhat pity 'tis that I must down again!
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And yet I must; my Passions would rebelShould I too long continue here:
No, here I must not think to dwell,
But mind the Duties of my proper Sphere.
So Angels, tho they Heaven's Glories know,
Forget not to attend their Charge below.
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