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PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 158, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: My deare deare lord what shall I render thee? Last Line: And tune thy praise in beams of glorious light. Subject(s): Puritans In Literature | ||||||||
My Deare Deare Lord what shall I render thee? Words spoken are but breesing boxed Winde. If written onely inked paper bee. Unless truth mantle, they bely the minde. Is this sylabicated jumble whist Out of my pen, for thee fit meed by my fist? My deare dear Lord, thou king of Gloriousness, Who can sufficiently thyself admire? The Heavens themselves cannot the same express. It then their Covering ascends still Higher. Nor can the Heavens e're thy glory hold. Its brightness doth exceed all pearls, and Gold. I fain would give thee all my Love and all Its Cabbinet wherein it keeps its Case. My heart with it, yea, and myselfe too shall Go with it to thee, that in holy chase Is all too foule and small a thing for thee. Yet I no better finde to furnish mee. If thus my Love dresst with the Quintessence Of its choice Faith and dear affection, Extract by thy Spirits Chymistry, Expence Being for this thing this rich Ejection 'Twould be onely Sweate of thy drops of Grace Upon my heart, thus trickling down my face. These Spirits of Love with th'Quintesses pure Of all th'affection never could the Eye Ever behold thy Glory, nor endure To look upon it without dazling joy. Thy beaming Glory falling on its Sight Would make its Vision darke as dark as night. Thy Glory Lord all other glory blinds. The glory of thy Nature pure Divine. The glory that thy Human Nature joyns, Out shines all mortall glory that doth shine. Thy Persons glory makes all others Smutt And seem to it but like to Chimny Sut. The Glory of thy Human birth, by right Did make an Host of glorious Angells sing. And all their spirituall instruments and pipes Melodiously tune praises to our King. Thus when God brought his First born Son to light He said ye Angells Worship him aright. Thy glory shone through ery step thou tookst And did attend each word dropt from thy tongue. Thy Doctrine did shine out thy life like shoots And glorious miracles were * * * along With * * * * * * * * * this life full cleare And made the actions of thy life bright here. The glory of thy powerfull words did make The fiends of hell to tremble and to fly. And made their stoughtest blades their hearts to quake. And turn away their feet, and out to cry. The wind and Sea amaizd stand still. Divills shrinke. The Sun within the Skies hereby's made blinke. The Grave is gilded where thy body lay Even with thy glory. That Sting of death puld out. The Earth a dancing fell when thy bright day Of its uprising shining all about Angells put on their glorious robes to tend Thy tryumph over death and as thy friends. And still to make our Happiness compleate Thou art top full of Grace and truth Wherby The Object art of Intellects the Seate In us and of our Wills, therein to 'ploy. Themselves in truth and Goodness at thy Will These Faculties with happiness, to th'fill. Then thou upon the Wings of Glories Beams Ridst through the realm of th'Enemies; the Skies: Unto thy throne of Glorys brightest Streams And hosts of Sparkling Angells glorious wise. And whilst thy Captives thou dost Captive bring The Heavens thy Triumphant glory sing. Such glory ne'er seen under the Canopy The Copes of Heaven these golden letters savour This truth, we saw his Glory gloriously As th'glory of th'onely Son of th'Father. Lord ope mine eyes to se thy glory bright And tune thy praise in beams of glorious light. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE PREFACE by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 1 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 32 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 38 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 1ST SERIES: 8 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 3 by EDWARD TAYLOR PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 56 by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: CHRIST'S REPLY by EDWARD TAYLOR GOD'S DETERMINATIONS: THE JOY OF CHURCH FELLOWSHIP RIGHTLY ATTENDED by EDWARD TAYLOR |
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