On old Simeon

Those Pilgrims at Mecha once have beene,
And Mahomets magnifick Temple seene,
Doe usually deprive themselves of sight,
Lest on prophaner objects they should light:
Old Simeon so (if zeale compar'd may be
With madnesse) when he did young Iesus see,
(His hopes rich summe, and Sunne of glory bright)
Desir'd the quenching of his vitall light,
As loth (good man) t'infest his aged eyes
With spectacles of sinnes and miseries.