Prison-pietie, or, Meditations divine and moral digested into poetical heads, on mixt and various subjects : whereunto is added a panegyrick to the right reverend, and most nobly descended, Henry Lord Bishop of London / by Samuel Speed ...

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Title: Prison-pietie, or, Meditations divine and moral digested into poetical heads, on mixt and various subjects : whereunto is added a panegyrick to the right reverend, and most nobly descended, Henry Lord Bishop of London / by Samuel Speed ...
Author: Speed, Samuel, 1631-1682.
Publication: London :: Printed by J. C. for S. S. ...,; 1677.
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¶ The Wish.

OH, that I once were in that City
Where Hallelujah is the Ditty,
Where Contemplation is the Diet;
Sure that's the place where man is quiet.
Oh, that I once were in that Court
Where all good Spirits do resort,
Where Love, and Joy, and Grace abound;
Sure that's the place where man is crown'd.
Oh, that I once could sly the wav
From my unfurnish'd house of Clay;
For should my Landiord sue for Rent,
Too late it would be to repent:
But sighs and tears will pay my score;
He's merciful, and asks no more.
Then whilst thy Fountain hath one Tear to yield,
Weep, oh my Soul, and to th' Elizium field
Swim in a River of Repentant Tears;
Thy Rent is paid, and thou art freed from fears.