O NO Mischeivous Spirits, it cannot be That all Hell should at once break out, yt yee Should let Confusion lose, & by An absolute Impietie Leave Antichrist Himselfe no way How Hee ye King of Monsters may Approve Himselfe, & by some gallant sin Usher ye whole Worlds dreadfull Dissolution in. Your Plot is layd too deep: oh it would rend Hells lowest bowells out, & fouly blend Them with Heavns beauteous face. You might Have been content wth finite spight, And chose some Treason that might not The whole Worlds former Traytors blot Out of their Catalogue; you might have bin Cursed enough, had you but copied some old sin. It must not be: Heavn has a thousand Wayes To undermine your vault, and can with ease Blow up your plot it selfe; but yet Its infinite Wisdome thinks it fit That you, The Traytors onely bee Traytors to your owne Treacherie; That your owne hand & pen ye way may write Your deep Designe of Darknes how to bring to light. O may that Vengeance, wch now sits on You Heavy & sure, its Wholesome terrour throw On their foule Zeale wch labour by Full streams of blood to purifie, And to reforme, what cleanly they Esteeme polluted: Must ye Way Of Puritie be purged by a staine, And that of Scarlet's deepest Die a Sin ingraine? Surely this is a Treason too, whose bent's Not ye two @3Houses@1 but two @3Testaments@1 To undermine, & at one blow Both @3Root@1 and @3Branch@1 to overthrow; To make both Law & Gospell be Pliant to lawlesse Fervencie; To rend ye @3Lambs@1 skin, & to make his Fleece Blush all in Blood, wch ought still to be white in Peace. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SWALLOW FLIGHT by SARA TEASDALE TO THE LADIES by MARY LEE CHUDLEIGH CINQUAIN: AMAZE by ADELAIDE CRAPSEY TRAMP, TRAMP, TRAMP by GEORGE FREDERICK ROOT TRUTH AND SORROW by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY |