Be not thou silent now at length O God hold not thy peace, Sit not thou still O God of strength We cry and do not cease. For lo thy furious foes now *swell

Aug. 9. When He Fled From Absalom. Lord how many are my foes How many those That in arms against me rise

Cyriack, whose grandsire on the royal be… Of British Themis, with no mean applaus… Pronounced, and in his volumes taught, o… Which others at their bar so often wrenc… Today deep thoughts resolve with me to d…

Fairfax, whose name in arms through Eur… Filling each mouth with envy, or with pr… And all her jealous monarchs with amaze And rumours loud, that daunt remotest ki… Thy firm unshak’n virtue ever brings

Samson. A little onward lend thy guidin… To these dark steps, a little further on… For yonder bank hath choice of sun or sh… There I am wont to sit, when any chance Relieves me from my task of servile toil…

How lovely are thy dwellings fair! O Lord of Hoasts, how dear The pleasant Tabernacles are! Where thou do’st dwell so near. My Soul doth long and almost die

Hail, holy Light, offspring of Heaven f… Or of the Eternal coeternal beam May I express thee unblam’d? since God… And never but in unapproached light Dwelt from eternity, dwelt then in thee

O, for that warning voice, which he, who… The Apocalypse, heard cry in Heaven alo… Then when the Dragon, put to second rou… Came furious down to be revenged on men, Woe to the inhabitants on earth! that no…

The Angel Michael continues from the Flood to relate what shall succeed; then, in the mention of Abraham, comes by degrees to explain, who that Seed of the Woman shall be, which was pro...

Meanwhile the heinous and despiteful act Of Satan done in Paradise, and how He, in the Serpent, had perverted Eve, Her husband she, to taste the fatal frui… Was known in Heav’n; for what can scape…

Aug. 10. 1653. Answer me when I call God of my righteousness; In straights and in distress Thou didst me disinthrall

Captain, or colonel, or knight in arms, Whose chance on these defenceless doors… If deed of honour did thee ever please, Guard them, and him within protect from… He can requite thee, for he knows the ch…

SONG1- Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph that liv’st… - Within thy airy shell -

This rich Marble doth enterr The honour’d Wife of Winchester, A Vicounts daughter, an Earls heir, Besides what her vertues fair Added to her noble birth,

I see ye visibly, and now believe That he, the Supreme Good, to whom all… Are but as slavish officers of vengeance… Would send a glistering guardian, if nee… To keep my life and honor unassailed.