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Fleuron from 'Poems on Several Occasions' by William Broome, 2nd edition published in 1739

 

The Forty-third Chapter of
Ecclesiasticus.

A PARAPHRASE.

 

The Sun that rouls his beamy Orb on high,
Pride of the World and Glory of the Sky,
$\scriptstyle {\left.{\begin{matrix}\ \\\\\ \ \end{matrix}}\right\}\,}$Illustrious in his Course, in bright array
Marches along the Heav'ns, and scatters Day
O'er Earth, and o'er the Main, and thro' th' ethereal Way.
He in the Morn renews his radiant Round,
And warms the fragrant Bosom of the Ground;

But