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SONNET
Written upon Occasion of the Plague, and found on a Glass-Window at Chalfont.
(In Imitation of Milton.)
Fair Mirrour of foul Times! whose fragile Sheene
Shall as it blazeth, break; while Providence
(Aye watching o'er his Saints with Eye unseen,)
Spreads the red Rod of angry Pestilence,
To sweep the wicked and their Counsels hence;
Shall as it blazeth, break; while Providence
(Aye watching o'er his Saints with Eye unseen,)
Spreads the red Rod of angry Pestilence,
To sweep the wicked and their Counsels hence;
Yea all to break the Pride of lustful Kings,
Who Heaven's Lore reject for brutish Sense;
As erst he scourg'd Jessides' Sin of yore
For the fair Hittite, when on Seraph's Wings
He sent him War, or Plague, or Famine sore.
Who Heaven's Lore reject for brutish Sense;
As erst he scourg'd Jessides' Sin of yore
For the fair Hittite, when on Seraph's Wings
He sent him War, or Plague, or Famine sore.
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