Sions Elegies: Threnodia II, Eleg. 7

GLory, that once did Heavens bright Temple fill,
Is now departed from that sacred Hill;
See, how the emptie Altar stands disguis'd,
Abus'd by Gentiles, and by heaven despis'd;
That place, wherein the holy One hath taken
So sweet delight, lies loathed, and forsaken;
That sacred place, wherein the precious Name
Of great Iebovah was preserv'd, the same
Is turn'd a Den for Theeves; an open stage
For vice to act on; a defiled Cage
Of uncleane birds; a house of priviledge
For sin, and uncontrolled sacriledge.