Full to the last, still flow’d in cloudless light;
He came—an angel, bearing from on high
The all it wanted—Immortality!
[286] “Till we have sealed the servants of God in their foreheads.”—Revelation.
FROM THE SPANISH OF GARCILASO DE LA VEGA.
Divine Eliza!—since the sapphire sky
Thou measur’st now on angel wings, and feet
Sandall’d with immortality—oh, why
Of me forgetful? Wherefore not entreat
To hurry on the time, when I shall see