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The Church.
Then with our trinitie of light,
Motion, and heat, let's take our flight
Unto the place where thou
Before didst bow.
Motion, and heat, let's take our flight
Unto the place where thou
Before didst bow.
Get me a standing there, and place
Among the beams, which crown the face
Of him, who dy'd to part
Sinne and my heart.
Among the beams, which crown the face
Of him, who dy'd to part
Sinne and my heart.
That so among the rest I may
Glitter, and curle, and winde as they:
That winding is their fashion
Of adoration.
Glitter, and curle, and winde as they:
That winding is their fashion
Of adoration.
Sure thou wilt joy, by gaining me
To flie home like a laden bee
Unto that hive of beams
And garland-streams.
To flie home like a laden bee
Unto that hive of beams
And garland-streams.
¶ Sunday.
O Day most calm, most bright;
The fruit of this, the next worlds bud,
Th' indorsement of supreme delight,
Writ by a friend, and with his bloud;
The couch of time; cares balm and bay:
The week were dark, but for thy light:
Thy torch doth show the way.
The fruit of this, the next worlds bud,
Th' indorsement of supreme delight,
Writ by a friend, and with his bloud;
The couch of time; cares balm and bay:
The week were dark, but for thy light:
Thy torch doth show the way.
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