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The RAPTURE.

1.
1 LOrd! if one distant glimpse of thee
2 Thus elevate the Soul,
3 In what a heighth of Extasie
4 Do those bless'd Spirits roll,
2.
5 Who by a fixt eternal View
6 Drink in immortal Raies;
7 To whom unveiled thou dost shew
8 Thy Smiles without Allays?
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9 An Object which if mortal Eyes.
10 Cou'd make approaches to,
11 They'd soon esteem their best-lov'd Toys
12 Not worth one scornfull View.
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13 How then, beneath its load of Flesh
14 Wou'd the vex'd Soul complain!
15 And how the Friendly Hand she'd bless
16 Wou'd break her hated Chain!

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Title (in Source Edition): The RAPTURE.
Themes: vanity of life
Genres: epigram

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Rowe, Elizabeth Singer, 1674-1737. Poems on several occasions. Written by Philomela. London: Printed for John Dunton at the Raven in Jewen-street, 1696, pp. 35-36. [24],72,69,[11]p.; 8⁰ (ESTC R7317; OTA A57734)

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