The Year of Wonders.
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271.
Th' Eternal heard, and from the Heav'nly Quire
Chose out the Cherub with the flaming Sword:
And bad him swiftly drive th' approaching Fire
From where our Naval Magazins were stor'd.
Th' Eternal heard, and from the Heav'nly Quire
Chose out the Cherub with the flaming Sword:
And bad him swiftly drive th' approaching Fire
From where our Naval Magazins were stor'd.
272.
The blessed Minister his Wings displai'd,
And like a shooting Star he cleft the night:
He charg'd the Flames, and those that disobey'd
He lash'd to duty with his Sword of light.
The blessed Minister his Wings displai'd,
And like a shooting Star he cleft the night:
He charg'd the Flames, and those that disobey'd
He lash'd to duty with his Sword of light.
273.
The fugitive Flames, chastis'd, went forth to prey
On pious Structures, by our Fathers rear'd:
By which to Heav'n they did affect the way,
E're Faith in Church-men without Works was heard.
The fugitive Flames, chastis'd, went forth to prey
On pious Structures, by our Fathers rear'd:
By which to Heav'n they did affect the way,
E're Faith in Church-men without Works was heard.
274.
The wanting Orphans saw, with watry Eyes,
Their Founders Charity in the Dust laid low:
And sent to God their ever-answer'd cries,
(For he protects the Poor who made them so.)
The wanting Orphans saw, with watry Eyes,
Their Founders Charity in the Dust laid low:
And sent to God their ever-answer'd cries,
(For he protects the Poor who made them so.)
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