Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PREPARATORY MEDITATIONS, 2D SERIES: 52, by EDWARD TAYLOR


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First Line: What power is this? What all authoritie
Last Line: Tunes in thine eares, pipd through my sorry quill.
Subject(s): Puritans In Literature


What Power is this? What all Authoritie
In Earth and Heaven too? What Lord is here?
And given All to thee! Here's Majisty.
All Worldly Power hence slinks away for feare.
Then blush, my Soule that thou dost frozen ly:
Under the beams of such bright Majesty.

What flying Flakes of Rapid flames of Love
Scal'de from my heart by those bright beams that bed
Do in thy selfe, up mount to thee above
Oretoping golden mountains with their head.
But Why, my heart? O! why so drossy now;
When such Authority doth to thee bow?

One Sprig of this Authority doth beare
The Tree of Life, that spreads ore heaven quite
And Sinners sprinkles with its Sap t'make faire.
And with its juyce doth quench Gods wrath out right.
With God it maketh Reconciliation
By offering, and Holy Intercession.

Within whose Shade my sin scorcht Soule doth bathe
In Gods bright Sun shine, smiling heart-sweet beams.
Whose Rosie sents reviv'de my Spirits have.
Whose Spirits wash away my guilt and Stains.
Amongst whose leaves my heart doth shroude its head
And in whose buds my grounded hopes do bed.

O that I could once frown away my sloath:
And dart my dulness through with glouts that stroy!
That mine Affections, (O! their sluggish growth)
Might with Seraphick Wings, Lord, swiftly fly,
Unto thine Altar for an Holy Cure
Produced by a Coale thence took most pure.

When this is gain'd, a Golden Trumpet I,
All full of Grace shall be, wherein, in rayse
Of thy bright Priesthoods sweet Authority
My spirit trumpet shall, tun'd to thy praise
Till when let this unskilfull ditty still
Tunes in thine Eares, pipd through my sorry quill.





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