Reliquiae juveniles : miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects ; written chiefly in younger years . in Vrose and Verse. %j HerSons immurd with guardian Oceans fleep, And Caftles floating on the Deep,Fencd from all foreign Foes-, O Shame ! O Sin !Her Sons had let this baleful Mifchief in ;This hellifh Fury, who with flattering Breath Did firft divide and then devour,And made wild Wafte where eer (he fpread her Power Behold fhe meets herfatal HourAnd lies enchaind in Death. at the Grave, O Traveller \Triumphant Joys that reach the SkiesAre here
Reliquiae juveniles : miscellaneous thoughts in prose and verse, on natural, moral and divine subjects ; written chiefly in younger years . in Vrose and Verse. %j HerSons immurd with guardian Oceans fleep, And Caftles floating on the Deep,Fencd from all foreign Foes-, O Shame ! O Sin !Her Sons had let this baleful Mifchief in ;This hellifh Fury, who with flattering Breath Did firft divide and then devour,And made wild Wafte where eer (he fpread her Power Behold fhe meets herfatal HourAnd lies enchaind in Death. at the Grave, O Traveller \Triumphant Joys that reach the SkiesAre here thejufteft Obfequies :Shout thrice $ therr flee afarThe poysnousSteams and Stenches of theScpukhre ; Go, turn thy Face to Heaven, and pray,That fuch a hateful Monfter never mayObtain a Refure&ion-Day,. XXL TB* 8# Mifcellaneous Thoughts, XXI. The Death of Laz arvs. TT7HAT a wondrous Difference there is betwixtthe Soul and the Body of a poor diftrcfled, dy~ing Chriftian ? His Flefh perhaps with Lazarus is full ofDifeafes, and in a few Moments time it lies dead uponthe Dunghill ; a noifome Carcafe ! an unlovely andoffenfive Sight ! then, as thoJ it were unworthy for theEarth to bear it, tii thrown under Ground to rot inDarknefs, as a Companion and Food for Worms •But his Soul (like one of the Lamps of Gideon fhiningout at Midnight from a broken Pitcber) appears imme-diately in its native Brightnefs and Beauty, as a Crea-ture born of Heaven, and akin to G o-D ; it is takenup as an honourable Burden for the Wings of Angels;it is fwiftly conveyd above tl«e Heavens, and made aCompanion for all the Sons of God in Glory. hukixvi. 20,22. Judgesvii. i6, 19. L E T us take a diftinft Review of each of thefedifferent Circumftances of the FJefli and Spirit, and fetthemin ajuft Light andin due O
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