Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . HOLY LIVING. LINES WRITTEN BY DR. PETER HEYLYN, WITH ABIBLE RICHLY GILDED, WHICH HE PRESENTEDTO A LADY. Could this outside beholden beTo cost and cunning equally,Or were it such as might sufficeThe luxury of curious eyes;Yet would I have my dearest, lookNot on the cover, but the book. If thou art merry, here are airs,If melancholy, here are prayers ;If studious, here are those things writWhich may deserve thy ablest wit;If hungry, here is food divine,If thirsty, nectar, heavenly wine. 140 HOLY LIVING. Read then, but first thyself
Church poetry : or, Christian thoughts in old and modern verse . HOLY LIVING. LINES WRITTEN BY DR. PETER HEYLYN, WITH ABIBLE RICHLY GILDED, WHICH HE PRESENTEDTO A LADY. Could this outside beholden beTo cost and cunning equally,Or were it such as might sufficeThe luxury of curious eyes;Yet would I have my dearest, lookNot on the cover, but the book. If thou art merry, here are airs,If melancholy, here are prayers ;If studious, here are those things writWhich may deserve thy ablest wit;If hungry, here is food divine,If thirsty, nectar, heavenly wine. 140 HOLY LIVING. Read then, but first thyself prepareTo read with zeal, and mark with care;And when thou readst what here is writ,Let thy best practice second twice each precept read shall be,First in the book and next in thee. Much reading may thy spirits wrong,Refresh them therefore with a song ;And that thy music praise may merit,Sing Davids Psalms, with Davids spirit;That as thy voice doth pierce mens ears,So shall thy prayer and vows the spheres. Thus read, thus sing, and then to thee,The very
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