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First Line: No more shall walls, no more shall walls confine
Last Line: His name, and when they do't be most my joys.
Subject(s): Heaven; Paradise


No more shall Walls, no more shall Walls confine
That glorious Soul which in my Flesh doth shine:
No more shall Walls of Clay or Mud
Nor Ceilings made of Wood,
Nor Crystal Windows, bound my Sight,
But rather shall admit Delight.
The Skies that seem to bound
My Joys and Treasures,
Of more endearing Pleasures
Themselves become a Ground:
While from the Center to the utmost Sphere
My Goods are multiplied very where.

The Deity, the Deity to me
Doth All things iv, and make me clearly see
The Moon and Stars, the Air and Sun
Into my Chamber comma:
The Seas and Rivers hither flow,
Yea, here the Trees of Eden grow,
The Fowls and Fishes stand,
Kings and their Thrones,
As 'twere, at my Command;
God's Wealth, His Holy Ones,
The Ages too, and Angels all conspire:
While I, that I the Center am, admire.

No more, No more shall Clouds eclipse my Treasures,
Nor viler Shades obscure my highest Pleasures;
No more shall earthen Husks confine
My Blessings which do shine
Within the Skies, or else above:
Both Worlds one Heaven made by Love,
In common happy I
With Angels walk
And there my Joys espy;
With God himself I talk;
Wondring with Ravishment all Things to see
Such Real Joys, so truly Mine, to be.

No more shall Trunks and Dishes be my Store,
Nor Ropes of Pearl, nor Chains of Golden Ore;
As if such Beings yet were not,
They all shall be forgot.
No such in Eden did appear,
No such in Heaven: Heaven here
Would be, were those remov'd;
The Sons of Men
Live in Jerusalem,
Had they not Baubles lov'd.
These Clouds dispers'd, the Heavens clear I see.
Wealth new-invented, mine shall never be.

Transcendent Objects doth my God provide,
In such convenient Order all contriv'd,
That All things in their proper place
My Soul doth best embrace,
Extends its Arms beyond the Seas,
Above the Heavens its self can pleas,
With God enthron'd may reign:
Like sprightly Streams
My Thoughts on Things remain;
Evan as some vital Beams
They reach to, shine on, quicken Things, and make
Them truly Useful; while I All partake.

For Me the World created was by Love;
For Me the Skies, the Seas, the Sun, do move;
The Earth for Me doth stable stand;
For Me each fruitful Land
For Me the very Angels God made His
And my Companions in Bliss;
His Laws command all Men
That they love Me,
Under a Penalty
Severe, in case they miss:
His Laws require His Creatures all to Paris
His Name, and when they do't be most my Joys.







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