Pharonnida A Heroick Poem. By William Chamberlayne |
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Freed from the noise o'th' busie world, within
A deep dark vale, whose silent shade had bin
Religions vail, when blasted by the beams
Of Persecution, far from the extreams
Of solitude, or sweaty labor, were
Some few blest men whose choice made Heaven their care
Sequestred from the throngs of men to finde
Those better joyes, calms of a peacefull minde.
Yet though on this pacifick sea, their main
Design was Heaven, that voyage did not restrain
Knowledge of humane arts, which as they past
They safely view'd, though there no anchor cast;
Their better temper'd judgments counting that
But hoodwink'd zeal, which blindly catches at
The great Creators sacred will, without
Knowing those works that will was spent about,
Which being the climax to true judgement, we
Behold stoop'd down to visibilitie
In lowliest creatures, natures stock being nought
But God in's image to our senses brought.
A deep dark vale, whose silent shade had bin
Religions vail, when blasted by the beams
Of Persecution, far from the extreams
Of solitude, or sweaty labor, were
Some few blest men whose choice made Heaven their care
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Those better joyes, calms of a peacefull minde.
Yet though on this pacifick sea, their main
Design was Heaven, that voyage did not restrain
Knowledge of humane arts, which as they past
They safely view'd, though there no anchor cast;
Their better temper'd judgments counting that
But hoodwink'd zeal, which blindly catches at
The great Creators sacred will, without
Knowing those works that will was spent about,
Which being the climax to true judgement, we
Behold stoop'd down to visibilitie
In lowliest creatures, natures stock being nought
But God in's image to our senses brought.
| Pharonnida | |