. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . ling Tempefls free. Rapt in her own Perfedion, fees and knows Whence Heavn-born Hope to Human Frailty rofe t Natures eternal Calm invcfts her Soul, She has no PafTions, or they gently roll; Like Evnino; Breezes, which fcarce feem to move» Her Thoughts all Harmony, her Breaft all Love 3 Peace dwells in Safety there. Religion reigns, And Heavn its indifputed Sway maintains ; There Faith is ftedfaft. Piety fmcere. She feels no Horror, nor fhe knows no Fear. NOTES to Emblem LVI. {a) Bound to Mercy —That\s^ layd under t^c
. Hermathenæ; or, Moral emblems, and ethnick tales, with explanatory notes . ling Tempefls free. Rapt in her own Perfedion, fees and knows Whence Heavn-born Hope to Human Frailty rofe t Natures eternal Calm invcfts her Soul, She has no PafTions, or they gently roll; Like Evnino; Breezes, which fcarce feem to move» Her Thoughts all Harmony, her Breaft all Love 3 Peace dwells in Safety there. Religion reigns, And Heavn its indifputed Sway maintains ; There Faith is ftedfaft. Piety fmcere. She feels no Horror, nor fhe knows no Fear. NOTES to Emblem LVI. {a) Bound to Mercy —That\s^ layd under t^c indifpcnfible Obli-gations of Religion, fo calld a religa?:cij, from binding the Soul ofMan to God. {(>) Pure IVjrlds, &c —So y^rijrofle de Ccelo^ fpeaklng of what isAbove in the Heavens, fays, Such Thigs are lial)le to no Chan^e,Dor lubjeft to no PalTions, but in a continual Etertiiry o> Being enjoythe befl and mol pcrfeft Life: So Seneca lays, Every Thing Aboveis calm and pure, and iree from Perturbation j and Lucan^ Pacemjumritai$nenf^ L 3 ( i66). FORTITUDE. HO W brave flie flands ? How calm the Virginfmiles ?Juft and ferene, and fledfaft as the Rock;She fears nor angry Man, nor artful Wiles, Nor trembles at the rending Thunder Stroke:Not prowling Tygers hunting for their Prey, Net burning Mountains, from whofe glowingWombSulphureous Clouds obfcure the chearful Day,And ftreaming Deaths in flaming Torrents run. Can ( 1^7 ) Can check the mantling Blood, which ever glows On her fiiir Cheek ; nor ftrike the confcious ThrillTo her big Heart j the Law of Hcavn flie knows, And bows, unmovd, obedient to its and its fliort-livd Glories trampld down, Heavn is her Choice, and Heavns Almighty Love;Thence flow her Joys, her Tranfports and her Crown, By f^) miffive^^rj/Zibroughtfi-om Realms Above:Her Guardian Angel tends her fragrant Bowr, A Ray of Sacred Light adorns the Place;She knows no Crime, nor fears evn Hells dark Powr, But treads fecure the Flowry P
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