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UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA-CHAMPAIGN
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Rare Book & Manuscript Library University of Illinois Library at Urbana-Champaign 2015




The Fall and Reft oration of Man.
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POEM,
Occafion’d by St. P A V Vs Words,
i Cor. XV, 22.
As in ADA M all Die \ even fo in C HR 1ST ft) all all be
made Alive.
A D D R E S S ’D to a L A D Y.
Heu quant Mutatiti ab ilio ?±
Virgil.
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LONDON:
Printed ¿for E. C u r l l, at the Dial and Bible againfi: St. Dunftarfs Church in Fleetftreety 1710.The Fall and R eftoration of Man, &c.
BElieve me MADAM, fince the Figleaf’s on, Claim it we may, but all Perfection’s gone; Degenerated Nature’s downward Grown, And Vice, and nothing elfe, is all our own.
The Wealthy * Pyfon, Gabon’s Land was rare,
And Envious Satan took an early care,
That Banifh’d Man fhould be no longer there,
Nor cou’d that Place or Innocency bear.
Curft Thorn and Tbijile, fince that deadly Deed /
( Bleft t Caledonia! not thy Noble Plant!
Which good effedt, ’tis hop' will never want ; ) Have thro’ the Earth their dreadful Venom fpread, And in its Inmoft Bowels pierc’d the Hydras He ad.
* Two Rivers that went out of Eden, t Scotland, in allvfion to theVnion.As when * * Aracbne fpreads her Gloomy ftore O’er the fame Place that Lightfome was before,
Or when as Baleful Atoms do repair,
And fill with direful Doom the Blafted Air.
Too Seldom we our fegafus do Rein,
But in thick Mifts, and Fogs we loofe the Man, And Stygian Fantorns the Afcendant gain /
No foonerMan, had loft the Happy State, And flung himfelf from fo Stupendous height ? By direful Guilts Infufferable weight!
But Troops of wretched Fiends attend him ftrait.
Not as Officious Courtiers fometimes, may For fome Illuftrious Nobles Levee ftay,
Where they a Due Refpe&ful Homage pay;
But more to Cruciate, and Seize their Prey.
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* The Spider.
Malicious '
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Malicious Furies prefs upon his Soul,
And Clouds and Myriads, round his Temples Roll, Uncertain where their Rude Aflaults to make.
And Spiteful all High Eminencies take.
* 4£ The Grand Apoftate’s for high Crimes difplac’d 44 From Heaven, by fierce Almighty Vengeance chas’d <c Till down th’ Unfathom’d Precipice they fell,
<c Confounded to the Fiery Gulph of Hell.
44 Themfelves undone, urg'd with Infernal Spite,
“ Do this their paftime make, and dire delight. tC Black, frowning Clouds, and murm’ring Thunder Roll, ;
44 O’er the vext Region of our Guilty Soul, t£ Revenge, Difpair, Grief, Jealoufie and Fear,
<c Have in their turn, Supreme Dominion here.
44 Reafon dethron’d, muft the Commands obey “ Of this wild Rout that bears the Sovereign Sway.
* Sir R. Blackmore.
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So thus MIRANDA, Pride of all the Fair,
No Marks of Heav’nly Images we wear /
* Ered in Stature, but deform’d within,
Difcern the Right, but yet commit the Sin ;
For all our Wills and Appetites deprav’d,
( Of Eden*s-wreck, there was but little fav’d ) Strong winds of Paffion, fill our Wounded Bread, And adverfe Tides of Thought our Minds moled.
So have we feen, with wondring Eyes a Pile, Sometime, perhaps, the Glory of its lile,
By fome Fierce Stormy Wind’s impetuous Blad,
Its Tow’ring Head, and Turrets all defac’d,
And all its Beauties into Ruin cad.
Or as we’ve feen, from Wealthy India fraught, Some Veffel, Homeward bound, in Tempeils caught, Its Mails and Rigging Rent and Torn, from full Of Richeil Stores, become a floating Hull.
* Os hominifublime dedit:-—
—--------Video meliora profcóq-,
Deteriora fequor.----
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From inch* and fuch like Similies we (how, Our great unparalell’d difaftrous Woe;
That ne’er had equal yet, or ever can,
But in that wondrous change from God to Man! This was a Change indeed the Thought devours, And higheft deepeft Admiration pours!
Here, then it is, muft ftoop the utmoft Force, Apd own the Myftery exceeds Difcourfe ;
Strikes all our Daring Nobleft Language dead, And does us Mortals to a diftance bid.
Oh that Poor Mortals whom he came to eafe, Would meet the Royal Meffenger of Peace, Rejoycing Heav’n would with its Eccbo found, And the whole Globe of Earth with Joy abound Subfcribing Angels the Conclufion wait,
And Clap their Splendid Wings at Hells defeat.
Juft fo as when from Foreign Paftures come, Some Stragling Criminal returning Home, Leaves the vile Food and does no longer Roam ;The joyful Pajior $ tender Bofom heaves,
And with Companion touch’d, hisGueft receives.
Or when again from fartheft Climes a Son,
( Through the Wild Paths of File Exceflesrun ) In each afflifted Part pale Sorrow feels,
And with Infeeble Limbs he Homeward reels i The fatted Calf, and Purple Robes exprefs, Thefwelling tides of Unknown Happinefs. Nature no more th’ unhappy Fate fliall plain,
But be by his kind Aid reftor’d again.
The WISH.
¡f^ H may Britannia % Fortunated Ifle,
Deckt in her beft array for ever Smile ! Heav’n to Her Righteous Quarrel fay alloud,
And to that Mighty * Nimrod, Ceaie thou Proud Lutetias Realms their Mene TeJ^el bear,
And Brighter ANNE unfaded Laurels wear ! Immortal Honours Crown her lafting Days,
And her great Deeds be told in Delphian Lays !
\V hile all Her Subjeds in juft MeaFures move, And feel no other Bands but thoie of Love,
* The King of France.	~~~	~	~
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