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And that in- | fused from | heaven | must❘ thither | tend. ។ | ។ ។ | ៕៕

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11-luminates. || Thy | lamp | mysterious word! |77|

Which | whoso | sees no longer | wanders lost

With intellects be mazed in | endless doubt,

But runs the | road of wisdom. 1
Thou hast built |

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Worlds, that had never been hadst thou in |

strength |

Been less, or less be- | nevolent than | strong.91

They are thy witnesses, who | speak thy |

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In vain thy | creatures | testify of | thee, |

Till thou pro- | claim thy- | self. |

Theirs is indeed |

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Till thou art | heard, | i- | magi- | nations

vain |

Possess the heart; || and | fables | false as | hell, |

Yet deemed o- | racular, | lure | down to | death, | The uninformed and heedless | souls of | men. 1771771

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We give to chance, blind | chance,ourselves as blind |

The glory of thy | work; | which | yet ap- pears

Perfect and | unim- | peachable of | blame, 991 Challenging | human | scrutiny,

Then skilful most when most se

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and proved 1
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But | chance is not; or is not where | thou | reignest; 111

Thy providence | for- | bids that | fickle | power (If power she | be that works but to con- 1 found)

To mix her wild va- | garies with thy |

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laws. 11

Yet thus we dote, re- | fusing

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while we can

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Gods that sleep |

Or | disre- | gard our | follies, | or that | sit
A-mused spec- | tators of this | bustling | stage. |

។ ។ 1771

Thee we reject un- | able to a- | bide |

Thy

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purity, till | pure as thou art | pure; 1771

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we love thee for that

cause

For which we | shunned and | hated thee be- |

fore | ។ ។ | ។។ |

Then are we free. 77777 Then | liberty | like | day,

Breaks on the soul, and by a flash from

heaven

Fires all the faculties

A voice is heard,

not

with glorious joy. || that | mortal | ears hear

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Till thou hast | touched them; 'tis the voice

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of song,

Aloud ho- | sanna | sent from

Which he that hears it

peats,

all thy | works; 1

with a shout re- |

And adds his | rapture | to the | general | praise.

In- that blest | moment || Nature, | throw

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Her | veil o-paque, dis- | closes with a smile | The author of her | beauties, who re- | tired | Be-hind his own cre- ation, | works un- | seen By the im- pure, | and | hears his | power de- | nied. 1711

Thou art the source and centre of | all | minds, | Their only point of rest,

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From thee de- | parting, they are lost

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At random with- out honor, | hope, |

or peace. 9|19|

From thee is | all that | soothes the

life of man, |

His high en- | deavor, | and his | glad suc- | cess, 1

1 His strength to suffer, and his will to |

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But oh thou | bounteous | Giver of all good, Thou art of all thy | gifts thy- | self the crown!

Give what thou canst, with- | out thee we are poor; |

And with thee | rich, take what thou | wilt away. 1771771 |

SONNET TO CYRIAC SKINNER.

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Milton.

Cyriac, this three years' | day these | eyes

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Of sun, or | moon, or | star, | through- | out

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Of heart or hope; but still | bear | up and |

steer |

Right onward. What supports me ! dost thou ask?

The conscience, | friend to have lost

them | over- | plied ¦

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side. | ។ ។ | ។ ។ |

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This thought might | lead me through the world's |

vain mask

Con- tent though | blind, I had I¦ no | better guide.

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My true ac- | count, | lest he re- turning

chide; 111

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Doth | God ex- act day | labor, || light de- |

nied? |

I fondly ask: But | patience to

pre-vent

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That murmur, | soon re- | plies, God doth not need |

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