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[My wishes cannot reach so far]
Oh love which doest ever burn and art never extinguish't, enlighten me with thy flames.
Aug. Mannual. cap. 10.
My wishes cannot reach so far
With empty towrings; as to rear
Huge piles of marble, that may rise
And fiercely emulate the skies:
I cannot wish me gardens, where
Terrestiall planets may appear,
And rise and set by courses: no,
I cannot all this madness know;
Might I bathe in Pactolus, swim
In yellow Tagus; might each limb
Hale after it more Ore, then may
Bring poverty on India:
I dare not wish so high; yet are
My royall wishes higher far.
Oh! could I, though the restless sun
Should not his usuall journey run,
My self supply his light, and rear
Within my heart a taper, far
Warmer then his: but should he go
His usuall progress; I might flow
With double fires; but 'las! I wish
Heapes of impossibilities:
He, whose disbanding members have
Mouldred themselves within the grave
Cannot get up, and walk; and knit
His limbs as they at first were set:
Sure no! can I revive again
My palsied heart, my frozen brain?
What can my strength command them cease
Their monstrous shakings, and confess
They were diseas'd; till thou display
The powerfull influence of thy ray.
Alas! I cannot; till thou shine
And fright away these clouds of mine
I shall be darkned: com, oh com!
Break in upon me, here's a room
Thy subtle joyes can pierce, and gain
And entrance in the depths of men:
Though wee be all polluted, yet
Thy viceroy doth rise and set
Upon base thistles; and will close
With weeds, as soon as any rose:
Burn me, oh! burn me; so I shall
Enjoy no meaner funerall
Then the great world: and nimbly flee
Unclog'd with matter unto thee.
With empty towrings; as to rear
Huge piles of marble, that may rise
And fiercely emulate the skies:
I cannot wish me gardens, where
Terrestiall planets may appear,
And rise and set by courses: no,
I cannot all this madness know;
Might I bathe in Pactolus, swim
In yellow Tagus; might each limb
Hale after it more Ore, then may
Bring poverty on India:
I dare not wish so high; yet are
My royall wishes higher far.
Oh! could I, though the restless sun
Should not his usuall journey run,
My self supply his light, and rear
Within my heart a taper, far
Warmer then his: but should he go
His usuall progress; I might flow
With double fires; but 'las! I wish
Heapes of impossibilities:
He, whose disbanding members have
Mouldred themselves within the grave
Cannot get up, and walk; and knit
His limbs as they at first were set:
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My palsied heart, my frozen brain?
What can my strength command them cease
Their monstrous shakings, and confess
They were diseas'd; till thou display
The powerfull influence of thy ray.
Alas! I cannot; till thou shine
And fright away these clouds of mine
I shall be darkned: com, oh com!
Break in upon me, here's a room
Thy subtle joyes can pierce, and gain
And entrance in the depths of men:
Though wee be all polluted, yet
Thy viceroy doth rise and set
Upon base thistles; and will close
With weeds, as soon as any rose:
Burn me, oh! burn me; so I shall
Enjoy no meaner funerall
Then the great world: and nimbly flee
Unclog'd with matter unto thee.
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Epigram 19.
How monstrous are man's wishes? and how vainHow he do'th pray and then, unpray again?
What strange Chimera's does his fancy frame
To beg his ruine in a specious name?
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