Till pleasure, ageing to her full increase,

Puts on perfection, and is throned in peace.

Yea, sweetest peace, unsought-for, undesired,

Loathed and misnamed, ’tis thee I worship here:

Though in most black habiliments attired,

Thou art sweet peace, and thee I cannot fear.

Nay, were my last hope quenched, I here would sit

And praise the annihilation of the pit.

Nor quickly disenchanted will my feet

Back to the busy town return, but yet