Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 21, by EDWARD TAYLOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Rich temple fair! Rich festivalls my lord Last Line: Will, as I reape't, sing thee my harvest joy. Subject(s): Puritans In Literature | ||||||||
Rich Temple Fair! Rich Festivalls my Lord, Thou makest to entertain thy Guests most dresst In dishes up by SEVENS which afford Rich Mystery under their brims expresst. Which to discover clearly, make the brain Of most men wring, their kirnells to obtain. Each Seventh Day a Sabbath Gracious Ware. A Seventh Week a yearly Festivall. The Seventh Month a Feast nigh, all, rich fare. The Seventh Yeare a Feast Sabbaticall. And when seven years are seven times turnd about A Jubilee. Now turn their inside out. What Secret Sweet Mysterie under the Wing Of this so much Elected number lies? What Vean can e're Divine? Or Poet sing? Doubtless most Rich. For such shew God most Wise. I will adore the same although my quill Can't hit the String that's tun'd by such right Skill. Sharpen my Sight my Lord that I may spie A lively Quickness in it jump for joy And by the breaking of the Shell let fly Such pleasant Species as will folly stroy. Out of these Feasts, although the Number Seven I leave untill my Soul is housd in Heaven. And here I beg thy aide Mine eyes refine Untill my Sight is strong enough to spy Thyselfe my Lord deckt all in Sun Like Shine. And see myselfe cloathd in thy Beams that fly. My Sight is dim: With Spectacles mee suite Made of a pair of Stars it to recrute. Make mee thy Lunar Body to be filld In full Conjunction, with thy Shining Selfe The Sun of Righteousness: whose beams let guild My Face turnd up to heaven, on which high Shelfe I shall thy Glorys in my face that shine, Set in Reflected Rayes. Hence thou hast thine. Moon-like I have no light here of mine own. My shining beams are borrowd of this Sun, With which when 'ray'd its Rayes on mee are shown Unto this World as I it over run. My black Side's Earthward Yet thy beams that flew Upon mee from thy face, are in its view. Hence Angells will in heaven blow up aloud For joy thy Trumpet on my new Moon day And in its Prime, the Golden Rayes that shroud Within thy Face will guild my Edges gay. Oh! Happy Change. The Sun of Righteousness With's healing Wings my moon doth richly dress. And though this world doth eye thy brightness most When most in distance from thyselfe I'm backt, Yet then I most am apt even from this Coast To be Ecclipsed, or by its fogs be blackt. My back at best, and dark side Godward bee, And pitchy clouds do hide thy face from mee. Oh! let not Earth nor its thick fogs I pray E're slip between me, and thy lightsome Rayes But let my Cloathing be thy Sunshine Ray. My New-Moon Trumpet then shall sound thy praise. I then in sweet Conjunction shall with thee The Sun of Righteousness abiding bee. But now I from the New Moon Feast do pass And pass the Passo're o're unto Gods Seales, And come to Whitsuntide, and turn its glass To search for pearles amongst its sands and meals. For Israel had not fifty dayes been out Of Egypt, ere at Sinai Law did spout. So Christ our Passover had not passt ore Full fifty dayes before in fiery wise The Law of Spirit and of Life much more Went out from Zion. Gospell Law did rise. The Harvest of the former yeare is in'd. Injoy'd, and Consecrated Thanks for't pay'd. All holding out the Right in things we sind Away restored is, and they all made Fit for our use, and that we thankfully Ourselves unto the using them should ply. Then make me to this Penticost repare. Make mee thy Guest, Lord, at this feast, and live Up to thy Gospell Law. And let my Fare Be of the two Wave Loaves this Feast doth give. If th'Prophets Seedtime spring my harvest I Will, as I reape't, sing thee my harvest joy. | 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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