{"id":1666,"date":"2019-04-30T00:28:00","date_gmt":"2019-04-30T00:28:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/142.150.46.75\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1666"},"modified":"2019-05-04T02:15:41","modified_gmt":"2019-05-04T02:15:41","slug":"a-prospect-of-a-church-in-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/?p=1666","title":{"rendered":"A Prospect of a Church in the Mind"},"content":{"rendered":"

<\/span>1<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nOnce at imagination\u2019s windows I,<\/span>2<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nStanding, a prospect in the mind did spy,<\/span>3<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nShutting the ignorant eye as close may be,<\/span>4<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nBecause the eye of knowledge clear might see,<\/span>5<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nDrawing a circle round of fine conceits,<\/span>6<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5
\nSpeeches extravagant contracting straight.<\/span>7<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nThe more I viewed, my eye the farther went,
\nTill understanding\u2019s sight was almost spent.
\nAn aisle of thoughts within a church I viewed;<\/span>8<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/span>9<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nFilled full of fancy\u2019s light to me it showed.<\/span>10<\/sup><\/a><\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 10
\nPillars of judgments thick stood on a row,
\nAnd in this aisle Motion walked to and fro.
\nFear, love, humility kneeled down to pray;
\nDesires begged<\/span>11<\/sup><\/a><\/span> of all that passed that way;
\nPoor doubts did shake as if they had some harm,<\/span>12<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 15
\nYet mantles of good hope did keep them warm.<\/span>13<\/sup><\/a><\/span>
\nGenerous<\/span>14<\/sup><\/a><\/span> Faith seemed bountiful and free;
\nShe gave to all that asked her charity.
\nAll sorts of sects<\/span>15<\/sup><\/a><\/span> in pulpits seemed to preach;
\nFables for truth, no doubt, did many teach.<\/span>16<\/sup><\/a><\/span> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20
\nNot that I heard<\/span>17<\/sup><\/a><\/span> what their opinions were,
\nFor prospect\u2019s in the eye, not in the ear.<\/span>18<\/sup><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Once at imagination\u2019s windows I, Standing, a prospect in the mind did spy, Shutting the ignorant eye as close may be, Because the eye of knowledge clear might see, Drawing a circle round of fine conceits,\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5 Speeches extravagant contracting straight. The more I viewed, my eye the farther went, Till understanding\u2019s sight … Continue reading A Prospect of a Church in the Mind<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,216],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1666","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-fancies","category-part3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1666"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1672,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1666\/revisions\/1672"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1666"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1666"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library2.utm.utoronto.ca\/poemsandfancies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1666"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}