. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ear: Avoice^ ^ well-known voice! tw^sThine, my Life, Whofe pleajtng accents foon difpelld my grief. Now I revivd : One fuch immortal breath Had powV enough to refcue rue from death, Jhy ( 179) Thy voice, like Lightning, unperceiv d, a ftrange infl ence thro the Soul can thy Difclpies hearts were fird within,When on the way thou didfl difcourfe begin;The fecret Charms of Thy prevailing voiceCausd unaccountable, yet mighty the fame heavnly found that anfwerd me,And all diff
. Pia desideria: or, divine addresses : in three books. Illustrated with XLVII. copper-plates . ear: Avoice^ ^ well-known voice! tw^sThine, my Life, Whofe pleajtng accents foon difpelld my grief. Now I revivd : One fuch immortal breath Had powV enough to refcue rue from death, Jhy ( 179) Thy voice, like Lightning, unperceiv d, a ftrange infl ence thro the Soul can thy Difclpies hearts were fird within,When on the way thou didfl difcourfe begin;The fecret Charms of Thy prevailing voiceCausd unaccountable, yet mighty the fame heavnly found that anfwerd me,And all diffolvd me into kindled fuch a fire within my Soul,Whofe ardent heat an Ocean cannot how my melting pafTions haft and run,Like Virgin-wax before the fcorching Sun !O might I be fo bleft to mix with Thee,Our Life the (ame, the fame our Love {hou d be. Aug. Soliloq. cap. 34. Pfijat is this thdt I feel i what fire is it that warmsmy hear0tiihat light is it that enlightens it ? OthoujitejMch always burnefl, and art never extinhguijhedi do thoH inflame me \ N z VI. Whom (i8o). WhamTiave I in HeaireiL Tjittllise?and^i^fT tSno7i£ upanJE^artli-lhal (i8i) vi. Who*n have I in Heaven hut thee ? and thereis none upon Earth that I defire in co-rpa^rifon of thee^ Pfal. Ixxiij. 2^. WHat fiiall I feek, great God, in Heavrf above,OvEarth,or Sea, whereon to fix my love?Tho I fhoud ranfack Heav-/?, and Earth, and Sea,All they can boaft, is nothing wit ho fa Thee. I know what mighty Joys in Iteavn abound, What Treafnres in the Earth and Sea are found 5 Vet without Thee, my Love I tenrich their (lore. All, 2l\1 their glories Qxe hut mean Sindpoor, O ^cavn! O Earth I O vaft capacious Main! Three famom Realms where Wealth and Plenty reign | Tho in o;?^ heap your /r/f/f fleafures lay, jThey were no pleasures, were »?;• Xor^ away. My ihoughts, I own, have ofcen fangd the Deep, SearchM Earth and HerrJ,!, and in no bounds woudkeep; But when they vvandred the Creation round, V e(iua
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