Index Expurgatorius Anglicanus / Or, a descriptive catalogue of the principal books printed or published in England, which have been suppressed, or burnt by the common hangman, or censured, or for which the authors, printers, or publishers have been prosecuted

by W. H. Hart

When from their glorious seat

Their influence gives life and heat.

But O! how few there ar',

(Though danger from that act be far)

Will stoop and catch a falling star.

(IX.)

Now 'tis too late

To imitate

Those Lights, whose pallidnesse

Argues no inward guiltinesse: