TheCANONESS.
There is a Way which seemeth Right unto a Man; but the End thereof are the Ways of Death.
Proverbsxiv. 12.
An Apostrophe toDeath.Why dost thou, pale and envious Death,A sacred Maid affright?Small Glory to thee can ariseFrom Victories so slight.Go hence, let sick or aged MenThy fatal Dart employ;But let this Virgin, innocent,Life’s Pleasures long enjoy.Pleasure and Joy her jocund YouthShould ardently pursue;The Pleasures of the Marriage-BedTo her gay Youth are due.
An Apostrophe toDeath.Why dost thou, pale and envious Death,A sacred Maid affright?Small Glory to thee can ariseFrom Victories so slight.Go hence, let sick or aged MenThy fatal Dart employ;But let this Virgin, innocent,Life’s Pleasures long enjoy.Pleasure and Joy her jocund YouthShould ardently pursue;The Pleasures of the Marriage-BedTo her gay Youth are due.
An Apostrophe toDeath.
Why dost thou, pale and envious Death,A sacred Maid affright?Small Glory to thee can ariseFrom Victories so slight.
Why dost thou, pale and envious Death,
A sacred Maid affright?
Small Glory to thee can arise
From Victories so slight.
Go hence, let sick or aged MenThy fatal Dart employ;But let this Virgin, innocent,Life’s Pleasures long enjoy.
Go hence, let sick or aged Men
Thy fatal Dart employ;
But let this Virgin, innocent,
Life’s Pleasures long enjoy.
Pleasure and Joy her jocund YouthShould ardently pursue;The Pleasures of the Marriage-BedTo her gay Youth are due.
Pleasure and Joy her jocund Youth
Should ardently pursue;
The Pleasures of the Marriage-Bed
To her gay Youth are due.