IDENTILIN$$ F152H06|Henry|Harvard MS Eng 966.5(O'Flahertie MS)|ff.93-94v,pp.183-86|T-LP/mf/25Jul87 152.H06.HE1  Elegy on Prince Henry /since in print but out of print [93] 152.H06.001 Looke to mee fayth, and looke to my fayth, God, 152.H06.002 ffor both my Centers feele this Period 152.H06.003 of weight one Center, one of greatnesse is 152.H06.004 And Reason is that Center, fayth is this. 152.H06.005 ffor into our Reason flowe, and there doe end 152.H06.006 All that this naturall world doth comprehend 152.H06.007 Quotidian things, and equi-distant hence 152.H06.008 Shutt in for Man in one Circumference. 152.H06.009 But for th'enormous Greatnesses, w%5ch%6 ar 152.H06.010 So disproportiond, and so angular 152.H06.011 As is Gods Essence, Place, and Providence 152.H06.012 Where, when, how, what Soules doe, departed hence, 152.H06.013 These things (excentrique else) on fayth doe strike 152.H06.014 yet neyther all, nor vpon all alike. 152.H06.015 For reason put to her best extension 152.H06.016 Almost meetes Fayth, and makes both Centers one. [CW:And] 152.H06.017 And nothing ever came so neere to this [93v] 152.H06.018 As Contemplation of that Prince wee misse 152.H06.019 ffor all that Fayth might credit Mankind could 152.H06.020 Reason still seconded that this Prince would. 152.H06.021 If then, least mouings of the Center make|,| 152.H06.022 More then if whole Hell belcht, the earth to quake 152.H06.023 What must this doe, Centers distracted so 152.H06.024 That wee see not what to beleeue or knowe? 152.H06.025 Was it not well beleeu'd, till now, that Hee 152.H06.026 (Whose reputation was an Extasy 152.H06.027 On neighbour States w.%5ch%6 knewe not why to wake 152.H06.028 Till hee discouerd what wayes hee would take 152.H06.029 ffor whome what Princes angled|,| when they tryd 152.H06.030 Mett a Torpedo and were stupifyd 152.H06.031 And others studyes how hee would bee bent 152.H06.032 Was>Were his greate fathers greatest Instrument 152.H06.033 And actiu'st spirit to convey and tye 152.H06.034 This Soule of Peace to Christianity) 152.H06.035 Was it not well beleeud that hee would make 152.H06.036 This Generall Peace th'Eternall overtake 152.H06.037 And that his Times might haue stretchd out so far 152.H06.038 As to touch those of w.%5ch%6 they Emblems are? 152.H06.039 ffor, to confirme this iust beleefe, that now 152.H06.040 The last dayes came, wee saw heauen did allow 152.H06.041 That but from his Aspect and Excercise 152.H06.042 In peacefull times rumors of warrs should rise. 152.H06.043 But now this fayth is Heresy, wee must 152.H06.044 Still stay, and vexe our greate#Grandmother|,| Dust. 152.H06.045 Oh, is God prodigall? Hath hee spent his store 152.H06.046 Of Plagues on vs, and onely now when more 152.H06.047 Would ease |u|s much, doth hee grudge misery 152.H06.048 And lets vs not enioy our Curse to dye|?| 152.H06.049 As, for the Earth throwne lowest downe of all 152.H06.050 T'were an Ambition to desire to fall [CW:So] 152.H06.051 So God, in our desire to dye, doth knowe [94] 152.H06.052 Our plott for ease in beeing wretched so|.| 152.H06.053 There#fore wee liue, though such a life wee haue 152.H06.054 As but so many Mandrakes on his |G|raue. 152.H06.055 What had his growth and generation donne 152.H06.056 When what wee are his putrefaction 152.H06.057 Sustaynes in vs, Earth, w.%5ch%6 Greifes animate? 152.H06.058 Nor hath our world now other |s|oule then that. 152.H06.059 And could Greefe get so high as heauen, that quire 152.H06.060 Forgetting this theyr new ioye|,| would desire 152.H06.061 With Greefe to see him, hee had stayd below 152.H06.062 To rectify our Errours they foreknow. 152.H06.063 Is the other Center, Reason, faster then? 152.H06.064 Where should wee looke for that, now w'are not men 152.H06.065 ffor if our Reason bee our Connexion 152.H06.066 of Causes, now to vs there can bee none. 152.H06.067 For as, if all the Substances were spent 152.H06.068 T'were madnesse to enquire of accident 152.H06.069 So is't to looke for Reason, hee beeing gon 152.H06.070 The onely Subiect Reason wrought vpon./ 152.H06.071 If Fate hath such a chayne whose diuers links 152.H06.072 Industrious man discerneth, as hee thinkes, 152.H06.073 When Miracle dooth |come|, and so steale in 152.H06.074 A new Linke, man knowes not where to begin|.| 152.H06.075 At a much deader fault must Reason bee 152.H06.076 Death hauing broke off such a linke as Hee. 152.H06.077 But now for vs with busy proofe to come 152.H06.078 That w'haue no reason, would proue wee had some 152.H06.079 So would iust Lamentaco%Mns. Therefore wee 152.H06.080 May saflyer say, that wee are dead then hee 152.H06.081 So if our greefes wee do not well declare 152.H06.082 W'haue double excuse, hee's not dead, and wee ar 152.H06.083 Yet I would not dye yet; for though I bee 152.H06.084 Too narrow to thinke him as hee is Hee [CW:(Our] 152.H06.085 (Our |S|oules best bayting and mid-period [94v] 152.H06.086 In her long Iourny of considering God) 152.H06.087 yet (no dishono%5r%6) I may reach him thus 152.H06.088 As hee embrac'd the fires of |l|ove with vs. 152.H06.089 |O|h may I, since I liue, but see or heare 152.H06.090 That Shee-Intelligence w.%5ch%6 mou'd this Spheare 152.H06.091 (I pardon fate my life|)| who ere thou bee 152.H06.092 That hast the noble Conscience, thou art Shee 152.H06.093 I coniure thee by all the Charmes hee spoke 152.H06.094 By th'othes w.%5ch%6 only yo%5u%6 two never broke 152.H06.095 By all the |S|oules yo%5u%6 sighd, that if yo%5u%6 see 152.H06.096 These Lines, yo%5u%6 wish I knew yo%5r%6 history 152.H06.097 So much as yo%5u%6 two mutuall heauens were, heere, 152.H06.098 I were an Angel singing what yo%5u%6 were. 152.H06.SS om 152.H06.$$ Line 63 indented 5 sp.