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1Those glittering
globes2
of light which grace2The vast
expansion3
, when they leave their place,3Or hide their radiant heads, we
ne’er4
wonder;4
Their place and splendency’s supplied by number5
.5But should the sun forsake the
line ecliptic6
,6Then total Nature would be
epileptic7
.7Just so’s our case since royal Charles did die;
8In horrid, trembling trances now we lie.
9Coy
Asoph8
may her sparkling splendor hide10Four hundred years, yet we no change abide;
11And if sad
Electra9
may her beauties turn12Away from us, yet none but
Ilium10
burn.13But if the sun in darkness be
involved11
14Old Nature’s fabric would be soon dissolved.
15E’en so (ay me) since sacred
Caesar’s12
death16Our spirits exhale in sighs; we turn to earth.
17Those
oviparous brothers13
, so adored18By navigators, would be deplored
19By none but them, nor do we care or
fear14
20The one, or both of them, at once appear;
21But if the sun should lose his heat and light
22We should invaded be with Death and Night.
23So since our martyred sovereign’s spirit’s fled,
24Our light and life, our hopes and joys, are dead.
25Nay, should the
poles or axes of the sky15
26Their radiant luster unto us deny,
27Or
Cynthia16
cease to wane or to increase,28We should subsist; t’would not disturb our peace.
29But should we lose the influence of the sun
30All into
chaos17
instantly would run.31So since our king’s above—in
glory’s18
crowned—32Anarchical confusion doth surround
33This fatal
isle19
, and devils20
here will dwell,34As
anciently21
, and turn this place to hell.35Unless our God doth a
second Charles illustrate22
,36(Which, O deny not!) all our hopes are frustrate.