. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . receive,Where I may fee thee all, and feeing live!When will that happy Day of Villon be,When 1 fhali make a near approach to Thee,Be wrapt in Clouds^ and loft in Myftery f Tis true, the Sacred Elements impartThy virtual Preface CO my faithful Heart \But to my Senfc frill unreveafd thou art, Tbi ( 221 ) This*) tho a greats is an imperfecl BUfs,Terabrace ^Cloud for the bright God \ wilh \My Soul a more exalted Pitch woud fly,And view Thee in the heights of Majefty. Oh ! when fhall I behold Thee all one envious Cloudy or Veil
. Pia desideria: or, Divine addresses, in three books . receive,Where I may fee thee all, and feeing live!When will that happy Day of Villon be,When 1 fhali make a near approach to Thee,Be wrapt in Clouds^ and loft in Myftery f Tis true, the Sacred Elements impartThy virtual Preface CO my faithful Heart \But to my Senfc frill unreveafd thou art, Tbi ( 221 ) This*) tho a greats is an imperfecl BUfs,Terabrace ^Cloud for the bright God \ wilh \My Soul a more exalted Pitch woud fly,And view Thee in the heights of Majefty. Oh ! when fhall I behold Thee all one envious Cloudy or Veil between?When diitant Faith fiall in near Villon ceafe,And ftill my Love fhall with my Sight increafe fThat happy Day dear as thefe Eyes (hall be,And more than all the dearefr. Things, but Thee. Aug. in Pfal. 42, If thou fndefi any thing better than to behold the Faceof God) hafie thee thither. Wo be to that Love ofthine) if thou dofi but imagine any thing more beau-tiful than Hey from whom all Beauty that delightsthee is derived* XIII. O that ( 222 ). 0;tJiatlImd(ihc wines cfaVcvcy^tJimlfrcitl^/ly atvayand /*£ atresia. (323 ) XIII. 0 that I had the wings of a Dove! fir then 1 would flj away, and be at refl, Pfal. lv. 6. TH O Great Creator! I receive from TheeAll that I am, and all I hope to be \Yet, might thy humble Clay Expoftulate, 1 woud complain of my defective State. To Man thaft given the boundlefs RegencyOf three vaft Realms, the Ocean, Earth, and Sky tBut, oh ; how mall this ample Powr be tryd,When ftill the means to ufe it are denyd ? Pardon my hafty Cenfure of thy Skill,Who think thy mighty Work defe&ive flill!Nor am I forward to Correct thy Art,By wifhing Man a Cafement, in his Heart,Whofe dark RecefTes all the World might fee \That profpecb juftly is refervd for Thee:But the defect. I Mourn is greater far •,Of Fins to cut the Waves, and Wings the Air. lnferi&f ( 224 ) Inferior Creatures no Perfe&ion want, To hinder their Enjoyment of Thy Grant i ;The fcaly Race h
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