_1 Kinge._ Thus we, who when with all the noble powres That (at Thy cost) are call'd, not vainly, ours: We vow to make braue way Vpwards, and presse on for the pure intelligentiall prey; _2 Kinge._ At least to play The amorous spyes 225 And peep and proffer at Thy sparkling throne; _3 Kinge._ In stead of bringing in the blissfull prize And fastening on Thine eyes: Forfeit our own And nothing gain 230 But more ambitious losse at last, of brain; _Chorus._ Now by abasèd liddes shall learn to be Eagles; and shutt our eyes that we may see. _The Close._ [_Chorus._] Therfore to Thee and Thine auspitious ray (Dread Sweet!) lo thus 236 At last by vs, The delegated eye of Day Does first his scepter, then himself, in solemne tribute pay. Thus he vndresses 240 His sacred vnshorn tresses; At Thy adorèd feet, thus he layes down _1 Kinge._ His gorgeous tire Of flame and fire, _2 Kinge._ His glittering robe. _3 Kinge._ His sparkling crown; 245 _1 Kinge._ His gold: _2 Kinge._ His mirrh: _3 Kinge._ His frankincense. _Chorus._ To which he now has no pretence: For being show'd by this Day's light, how farr He is from sun enough to make Thy starr, His best ambition now is but to be 250 Somthing a brighter shadow, Sweet, of Thee. Or on Heaun's azure forhead high to stand Thy golden index; with a duteous hand Pointing vs home to our own sun The World's and his Hyperion. 255 NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS. The title in 1648 edition is simply 'A Hymne for the Epiphanie. Sung as by the three Kings.' Except the usual slight changes of orthography, the following are all the variations between the two texts necessary to record: and I give with them certain corrective and explanatory notes: line 25, 'indifferent' is = impartial, not as now 'unconcerned.' Line 52, 1648 edition misprints 'his't' for 'kis't.' In the 51st line the 'bright idol' is the sun. Line 83, ib. reads 'thy' for 'this.' " 95, 'a guilded horn.' Cf. Juvenal, Satire x. " 99, ib. is given to 3d King. Throughout we have corrected a number of slips of the Paris printer in his figures. Line 108, ib. spells 'to' for 'too.' " 117, '_deliquium_' = swoon, faint. In chemistry = melting. " 122, 1648 edition reads 'his' for 'this;' and I have adopted it. Line 143, ib. reads 'deere:' a misprint. " 155, ib. reads 'domesticks.' " 180, ib. reads 'the' for 'their.' " 186, ib. drops 'it.' " 195, ib. reads 'what' for 'that,' and in next line 'his' for 'this,' of 1652: both adopted. Line 212, 'legible' is = legibly.