Written by a Zealous Brother from the Black-fryers.
The mighty zeale which thou hast new put on,
Neither by prophet nor by prophetts sonne
As yet prevented, doth transport mee so
Beyond my selfe, that, though I ne’re could go
Farr in a verse, and all rithmes have defy’d
Since Hopkins and old Thomas Sternhold dy’de,
(Except it were that little paines I tooke
To please good people in a prayer-booke
That I sett forth, or so) yet must I raise