Edmund Waller Quote

His kingdom come!" For this we pray in vain,
Unless He does in our affections reign.
How fond it were to wish for such a King,
And no obedience to his sceptre bring,
Whose yoke is easy, and His burthen light;
His service freedom, and His judgments right.

Poems, &c. Vritten Upon Several Occasions, And to Several Persons (ed. 1712)