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John Donne - The Harbinger
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to the Progresse.


TWo soules moue here, and mine (a third) must moue 
Paces of admiration, and of loue; 
Thy soule (Deare Virgin) whose this tribute is, 
Mou`d from this mortall sphere to liuely blisse, 
And yet moues still, and still aspires to see 
The worlds last day, thy glories full degree: 
Like as those starres which thou ore-lookest farre, 
Are in their place, and yet still moued are 
No soule (whiles with the luggage of this clay 
It clogged is) can follow thee halfe way; 
Or see thy flight; which doth our thoughts outgoe 
So fast, that now the lightning moues but slow: 
But now thou art as high in heauen flowne 
As heau`ns from vs; what soule besides thine owne 
Can tell thy ioyes, or say he can relate 
Thy glorious Iornals in that blessed state? 
I enuie thee (Rich soule) I enuy thee, 
Although I cannot yet thy glory see: 
And thou (Great spirit) which her`s follow`d hast 
So fast, as none can follow thine so fast; 
So farre as none can follow thine so farre, 
(And if this flesh did not the passage barre 
Had`st caught her) let me wonder at thy flight 
Which long agone had`st lost the vulgar sight 
And now mak`st proud the better eyes, that they 
Can see thee les`ned in thine aery way; 
So while thou mak`st her soule by progresse knowne 
Thou mak`st a noble progresse of thine owne. 
From this worlds carcasse hauing mounted hie 
To that pure life of Immortalitie; 
Since thine aspiring thoughts themselues so raise 
That more may not beseeme a creatures praise, 
Yet still thou vow`st her more; and euery yeare 
Mak`st a new Progresse, while thou wandrest here; 
Still vpward mount; and let thy makers praise 
Honor thy Laura, and adorne thy laies. 
And since thy Mus[es] head in heauen shrouds 
Oh let her neuer stoope below the clouds: 
And if those glorious sainted soules may know 
Or what we doe, or what we sing below, 
Those acts, those songs shall still content them best 
Which praise those awfull powers that make them blest.
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