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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.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

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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II

And yet I must; my Passions would rebel
Should 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.