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Behold an Orator, Divinely Sage,
The Prophet and Apostle of that age.
View hut his Porch and Temple, you shall fee
The Body of Divine Philofophy.
Examine well the Lines of his dead Face,
Therein you may discern Wisdom and Grace.
Now if the Shell so lovely doth appear,
How Orient was the Pearl Imprison'd here!

TEMPLE.
Sacred Poems,

AND PRIVATE

EJACULATIONS.

By Mr. George Herbert,

Late ORATOR of the University
of CAMBRIDGE.

Together with His LIFE,

PSAL. xxix.

In his Temple doth every Man speak of bis Honour.
The Twelfth Edition Corrected, with the
Addition of an Alphabetical Table.

LONDON,

Printed by F. Barber, for JEFFERY WALE, at
the Angel in St. Paul's Church-Yard. 1703.

147. g. 1618.

MEMORIAL

To the Honourable

GEORGE HERBERT Author of the

Sacred POEMS,

Who died about Anno 1635.

Ead o'er these Raptures with a curious

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You must conclude this Eagle soared high:
Montgomery Caftle was the place, where he

Had his first breathing, and Nativity.
Of that moft Noble House this Hero came,
Who left the World this Legacy of Fame.
Great Saint, unto thy Memory and Shrine
I owe all Veneration, save Divine,
For thy rare Poems, Piety and Pen
Speak thee no less than Miracle of Men.
The Graces all, both Moral and Divine,
In thee concenter, and with thee combine :
These Sacred Lessons, set to thy fweet Lute,
Was Musick that would make Apollo mute:
Nay, all those warbling Chanters of the Spring
Would fit half tame, to hear Arion fing.
What Province hath produc'd a greater Soul
Between the Artique and Antartique Pole,

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Than