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Show ^mm^m. 114 TO EMS. The Soul. , » H O w vain a thing is Man, whofe nobleft part, That Soul which through the World doth rom^ Traverfes Heav'n, finds out the depth of Art, Yet is fo ignorant at home ? » 2. In every Brook or Mirrour w e can find Reflections of our face to be j But a true Optick to prefent our Mind W e hardly get, and darkly fee. 1 Yet in the fearch after our fejves w e run, Actions and Caqfes w e furvey 5 And when the weary Chafe is almoft done. Then from our Queft w e flip away. 4- 'Tis ftrange and fad, that fince w e do believe W e have a Soul muft never die, There are fo few that can a Reafon give H o w it obtains that Life, or why. 5 .* I wonder not to find thofe that know moft, Profefs fo much their Ignorance , Since in their o w n Souls greateft Wits are foft5 And of themfelvQs have fcarce a glance. *ht 6. But 1 T 0 E M S. 6. But fomewhat fure doth here obfcuraly lie, That above Dfoft would fain advance, And pants and catches at Eternity, As 'twere its o w n Inheritance. 11 5 I • I A Soul felf-mov'd which can dilate, contra#, Pierces and judges things unfeen : But this groft heap of Matter cannot act, Unlefs impulfed from within. 8. Diftance and Quantity , to Bodies due The ftate of Souls cannot admit; And all the Contraries which Nature knew Meet there, nor hurt themfelves, nor it. 9- God never Body made fo bright and clean, Which Good and Evil could difcern : What thefe words Honefty and Honour mean. The ^oul alone know's how to learn. 10. And though 'tis true fhe is imprifon d here, Yet hath fhe Notions of her own, Which Senfe doth onely jog, awake, and clear, But cannot at the firft make known. CLa n. The A |
