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The Elevation.

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1 O how ambitious is my Soul,
2 How high she now aspires!
3 There's nothing can on Earth controul,
4 Or limit her Desires.
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5 Upon the Wings of Thought she flies
6 Above the reach of Sight,
7 And finds a way thro' pathless Skies
8 To everlasting Light:
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9 From whence with blameless Scorn she views
10 The Follies of Mankind;
11 And smiles to see how each pursues
12 Joys fleeting as the Wind.
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13 Yonder's the little Ball of Earth,
14 It lessens as I rise;
15 That Stage of transitory Mirth,
16 Of lasting Miseries:
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17 My Scorn does into Pity turn,
18 And I lament the Fate
19 Of Souls, that still in Bodies mourn,
20 For Faults which they create:
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21 Souls without Spot, till Flesh they wear,
22 Which their pure Substance stains:
23 While they th' uneasie Burthen bear,
24 They're never free from Pains.

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Title (in Source Edition): The Elevation.
Author: Lady Mary Chudleigh
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Chudleigh, Mary Lee, 1656-1710. Poems on several occasions. Together with the Song of the three children paraphras'd. By the Lady Chudleigh. London: Printed by W.B. for Bernard Lintott at the Middle Temple Gate in Fleetstreet, 1703, pp. 33-34. [16],125,[17],73,[1]p.; 8⁰. (ESTC T97275) (Page images digitized from a copy in the Bodleian Library [(OC) 280 j.452].)

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