Altera adhuc fupereft vifenda Ægyptia Tellus, Altera vinc❜la manent; uret graviore flagello Afperior Dominus: paffura atrocius olim Mæsta jugum foboles patriis decedet ab oris, Opprobrioque gemens majore, Euphratis ad undam Niliacos iterum renovabit perdita luctus. Sublimes templorum apices, qui cufpide tangunt Sydera, venturi confusâ clade Nepotes Disjectos latè afpicient; mæftique ftupebunt Immane excidium & vaftæ veftigia molis. Illa etiam Imperii venerabilis altaque Sedes, Quâ vos fulfuros fera ufque ad fæcula natos Creditis, hinc longè hoftiles ducetur in oras, Victorifque fuperbi ornabit capta triumphos. Quin facras dextra effrænis populabitur aras, Et vafa ipfa DEO templifque dicata Tyrannus Efferus indecori violabit fquallida vino; Sacrilegofque fales inter lufufque profanos Exultans, vetito fe proluet impius auro. Sæc'la quaterdena affiduo revolubile curfu Tempus aget; varias fato verfante fubibunt Regna vices; alios dum Gens infaufta dolores New ÆGYPTS yet, and fecond Bonds remain, A harsher PHARAOH, and a heavier Chain: Again obedient to a dire Command, Thy Captive Sons shall leave the promis'd Land: Their Name more low, their Servitude more vile, Shall, on EUPHRATES' Bank, renew the Grief of NILE. These pointed Spires that wound the ambient Sky, Inglorious Change! fhall in Destruction lye Low, levell'd with the Duft; their Heights unknown, Twice fourteen Ages shall their Way complete: K } A Volvet adhuc, aliafque geret lacerata catenas; Hoftili Judea folo, Babylonis ad undas, Languefcens lu&u, lacrymisque immersa sedebit; Plectraque vicinis pendebunt muta falictis. Nec jam molle melos tentabit lingua; choreas Nec poterunt agiles membra exercere, labori Membra diu affueta, & tacitæ ftudiofa quietis. Lucenti undarum in fpeculo nimiumque fideli Sponfa repercuffos formidans fquallida vultus Horrefcet: conjux languentis in ore maritæ Profpiciet fobolis maciem luctufque futuræ; Afperaque, amplexus vexantia, vinc'la queretur. Lugebunt neglecta diu folennia Sacra Turba Sacerdotum, percuffi triftia palmis Pectora; feftorumque oblivia longa dierum Plorantes, folvent lugubribus ora querelis. Quin lacrymas, gemino quafi fonte, effundere poffe Solliciti optabunt Vates, fletufque ciere Perpetuos; noctis fuper alta filentia fauces Horrefcent barathrorum atras dirafque procellas; Et fubito excuffis flammarum turbine fomnis, Atto A diff'rent Mafter, and a Change of Woe: Afflicted ISRAEL fhall fit weeping down In the reflective Stream the fighing Bride, And fad Oblivion of their folemn Days: Thenceforth their Voices They shall only raise, } Shall call for Fountains to express their Tears; Dreams Of opening Gulphs, black Storms, and raging Flames, Attoniti referent trepidanti mane popello Interea miseranda Cohors, pofcente Tyranno Feftivos citharæ numeros & amabile carmen, Ufque adeo (referent) proles captiva Jacobi Gaudebit? dudum filuerunt pendula plecra, Ora melos filuere oblita! Ut carmina Regi Hoftili, patriâque procul tellure, canemus? Nofne jugo oppreffos graviori, flagra timentes Afpera; & ad nutum fævi trepidare magiftri Affuetos, humilefque trementia flectere genua; Nos, fordes hominum, nofne efferet alma voluptas; Languentesve animos dulcis tentabit Imago? Heu longæ tandem poft tædia tarda diei Cum nox lenta venit; votorum hoc fumma, labores Indulgere brevem trepida inter fomnia membris, Hoc nobis Rationis opus. Nonne improba primùm Certè |