Mundorum Explicatio or, The Explanation of an Hieroglyphical Figure: Wherein are couched the Mysteries of the External, Internal, and Eternal Worlds, shewing the true progress of a Soul from the Court of Jerusalem; from the Adamical fallen state to the Regenerate and Angelical. Being A Sacred Poem, written by S. P. [i.e. Samuel Pordage] |
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INVOCATIO.
King and Creator of all Worlds that be!Who wast from, and art to Æternity,
I humbly beg; that with thy Spirit Divine,
Thou wouldst wrap up this grovling Muse of mine,
Beyond the limits of an Earthly strain,
Beyond the dictates of my weaker brain,
Beyond my poor Conceptions; that she may
Sing, quicken'd by thy own diviner Ray.
Vouchsafe to grant, O Sempeternal King!
VVhilst I thy self, and thy great Wonders sing,
A Beam of Light unto my Pen: Inspire
Me with the Heats of the Seraphic Quire,
That Cherub-like, with everlasting Layes
Thy VVonders sing, and Carol forth thy Praise
I cheerly may: Help then! without thy ayd
O Lord! my words are wind, my Numbers fade
Shall, sooner than the Morning dew before
The scorching Sun, which gone, is seen no more.
Be thou propitious Lord! for unto thee
My self and Numbers dedicated be.
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