^6 The UlS T O KY Chap, i. 



TMs moft affliBs me, that departing hence ^ 



As frc-n his Face^ Ifiall be hid. deprivd 



His blejjed Countenance : Here I could frequent 



With Worfiip^PL^ce byPIace^where he vouchfafd 



Prefence Divine^ and to ?ny Sons relate^ 



On this Mount he appear' d ^ Under this Tree 



Stood vifible • A?ncngjl thefe Pines his Voice 



I heard '^ Here with him at thisFountain talked: 



So many grateful Altars I wou'd rear 



Of grajfy Ttirf and pile up evry Stone 



Ofljujire from the Brook^ in Memory 



Or Monument to Ages^ and thereon 



Offer fvreet'fmelling Gum^& Fruits and Flowers, 



In yonder nether World^ where fiall Ifeek 



His bright Appearances, or Footfteps trace ? 



For thd I fled him, angry 5 yet recalled 



To Life prolonged, and promised Race ^ [ notv 



Gladly behold, tho' but his utmoji Skirts 



Of Glory ^ and far off his Steps adore. 



MiltonV Paradife Loft. 



But if this may be fuppos'd to be a higher 

 pitch of Thought than we in this imperfed 

 State can arrive to, let us turn to that Royal 

 (tho' indigent) Example before-nam'd, as we 

 have it from Mr. Cowley : 



Thus his wife Life Abdolonymusy])^7?r : 

 ThAmbajfadors which the great Emperor fent 

 To offer him a Crown, with Wonder found 

 The Rev rend Gard'ner hoeing of his Ground. 

 Unwillingly, and flow, and difcontent^ 

 From his lovd Cottage^ to a Throne he went 5 



And 



