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Show I04 <P 0 E M S. For they alone enjoy'd what they pofleft, W h o relifht moft and underftood it beft. And yet that underftanding made them know The empty fwift difpatch of all below. So that what moft can outward things endear, Is the beft means to make them difappear: And even that Tyrant (^enfe) doth thefe deftroy, As more officious to our Grief than Joy. Thus all the glittering World is but a cheat, Obtruding on our fenfe things Groft for Great. But he that can enquire and undifguife, Will foon perceive the fting that hidden lies y And find no Joys merit efteem but thofe Whofe Scene lies only at our o w n difpofe. M a n unconcern'd without himfelf may be His o w n both Profpect and Security. Kings may be Slaves by their own Paffions hurl'd, T But w h o commands himfelf commands the World. A Country-life aflifts this ftudy beft, Where no diffractions do the Soul arreft: There Heav'n and Earth lie open to our view, There w e fearcfi Nature and its Author too \ Pofleft with Freedom and a real State I ook down on Vice, and Vanity, and Fate. Th°re (my Rofania) will we, mingling Souls, Pity the Folly which the World controuls; And all thofe Grandeurs which the World do prize W e either can enjoy, or will defpife. *'li - . In Memory of Mrs. E. H. ^•tttfW^^ A S fome choice Plant cheriuVd by Sun and Air, And ready to requite the Gard'ner's care, Bloflbms and flourifhes, but then w e find Is made the Triumph of fome ruder W i n d : So thy untimely Grave did both entomb Thy Sweetnefs now, and wonders yet to come. Hung T "POEMS. i05 Hung full of hopes thou fell'ft a lovely prize, Juft as thou didft attract all Hearts and Eyes.' Thus w e might apprehend, for had thy years Been lengthen'd to have paid thofe vaft arrears The World expected, w e fhould then conclude, The Age of Miracles had been renew'd. For thou already haft with eafe found out What others ftudy with fuch pains and doubt; That Frame of Soul which is content alone And needs no Entertainment but its own. Thy even Mind, which made thee good and great \ W a s to thee both a fhelter and retreat. ? O f all the Tumults which this World do fill, Thou wert an unconcern'd Spectator ftill : And, were thy duty punctually fupply d, Indifferent to all the World befide. Thou wert made up within refolv'd and fix'd, And wouldft not with a bafe allay be mix'd ; '• Above the World, couldft equally defpife Both its Temptations and its Injuries5 Couldft fumme up all, and find not worth defire Thofe glittering Trifles which the moft admire; But with a nobler aim, and higher born, Look down on Greatneft with contempt and fcornu Thou hadft no Arts that others this might fee, Nor lovdft a Trumpet to thy Piety: But filent and retir'd, calm and ferene, StoFft to thy blefled Haven hardly feen. It were ^vain to deferibe thee then, but n o w Thy vaft acceffion harder is to know; H o w full of light, and fatisfi'd thou art, So early from this treach'rous World to part; H o w pleas'd thou art reflexions n o w to make, And find thou didft not things below miftake 5 In h o w abftrafted converfe thou doft live, H o w much thy Knowledge is intuitive -, ' H o w great and bright a glory is enjoy'd With Angels, and in Myfteries, employU t P Tis |
