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On a Sermon against Glory
By Mark Akenside (17211770)
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Is it an offense to own
That our bosoms e’er incline
Toward immortal Glory’s throne?
For with me nor pomp nor pleasure,
Bourbon’s might, Braganza’s treasure,
So can Fancy’s dream rejoice,
So conciliate Reason’s choice,
As one approving word of her impartial voice.
Be the passport to thy heaven,
Follow thou those gloomy ways:
No such law to me was given,
Nor, I trust, shall I deplore me
Faring like my friends before me;
Nor an holier place desire
Than Timoleon’s arms acquire,
And Tully’s curule chair, and Milton’s golden lyre.