Classic Poem

M artha , and Mary (two of his belou'd
That was the Sonne of Mary , mother Maide)
Chose diffrent liues (by grace and Nature mou'd)
Contemplatine , and Actiue (as its said)
Mary , the first, the last, did Martha choose:
The first, preferred was before the last:
By Him, for whome she did the last refuse,
Through whom she was, therfore, with glory grac't
If glorified she were, then not obseure:
And if with Him shee were, then not alone:
Alone she was with Him, vpon whose powre
All Creatures rest, yet still hee rests all one:
But such a one, as euery One attends,
Who liues alone then liues not like his Frends