III. CHARLES THE SECOND. WHO Comes, with rapture greeted, and caress'd For all she taught of hardiest and of best, To wantonness. -Away, Circean revels! But for what gain? if England soon must sink Into a gulf which all distinction levels, That bigotry may swallow the good name, And, with that draught, the life-blood: misery, shame, By Poets loathed; from which Historians shrink! IV. LATITUDINARIANISM. Yet Truth is keenly sought for, and the wind Charged with rich words poured out in thought's defence; Whether the Church inspire that eloquence, Or a Platonic Piety confined To the sole temple of the inward mind; And one there is who builds immortal lays, Though doomed to tread in solitary ways, Sad thoughts; for from above the starry sphere Come secrets, whispered nightly to his ear; And the pure spirit of celestial light Shines through his soul,-"that he may see and tell Of things invisible to mortal sight." V. WALTON'S BOOK OF LIVES. THERE are no colors in the fairest sky So fair as these. The feather, whence the pen Was shaped that traced the lives of these good men, Dropped from an Angel's wing. With moistened eye We read of faith and purest charity In Statesman, Priest, and humble Citizen: Apart, like glowworms on a summer night; Or lonely tapers when from far they fling Around meek Walton's heavenly memory. VI. CLERICAL INTEGRITY. NOR shall the eternal roll of praise reject To poverty, and grief, and disrespect, And some to want, as if by tempests wrecked As men the dictates of whose inward sense VII. PERSECUTION OF THE SCOTTISH COVENANTERS. WHEN Alpine vales threw forth a suppliant cry, The majesty of England interposed And the sword stopped; the bleeding wounds were closed; And Faith preserved her ancient purity. For England's shame, O Sister Realm! from wood, Mountain, and moor, and crowded street, where lie Slain by compatriot Protestants that draw Their warrant. Bodies fall by wild sword-law; VIII. ACQUITTAL OF THE BISHOPS. A VOICE, from long-expecting thousands sent, With outstretched hands and earnest speech,-in vain! Yea, many, haply wont to entertain Small reverence for the mitre's offices, IX. WILLIAM THE THIRD. CALM as an under-current, strong to draw Had mortal action e'er a nobler scope? The Hero comes to liberate, not defy; And, while he marches on with steadfast hope, X. OBLIGATIONS OF CIVIL TO RELIGIOUS LIBERTY. UNGRATEFUL Country, if thou e'er forget |