Eternall prouidence exceeding thought,
2 Where none appeares can make her selfe a way:
A wondrous way it for this Lady wrought,
4 From Lyons clawes to pluck the griped pray.
Her shrill outcryes and shriekes so loud did bray,
6 That all the woodes and forestes did resownd;
A troupe of Faunes and Satyres far away
8 Within the wood were dauncing in a rownd,
Whiles old Syluanus slept in shady arber sownd.
1 Eternal providence, exceeding thought,
exceeding thought > [transcending human thought]
2 Where none appears, can make itself a way: 3 A wondrous way it for this lady wrought, 4 From lion's claws to pluck the gripped pray. 5 Her shrill outcries and shrieks so loud did bray,
bray > cry, cry out
6 That all the woods and forests did resound; 7 A troop of fauns and satyrs far away
fauns > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below; comparatively benign) satyrs > (Horned forest spirits, man-like above and goat-like below; usually portrayed as more or less lustful. In Roman mythology, Satyr, one of the satyrs, is a companion of Bacchus with long, pointed ears, behind which are the stumps of horns, with the tail of a goat, bristly hair, and a flat nose)
8 Within the wood were dancing in a round,
round > {Ring; a dance in which the performers move in a ring}
9 While old Silvanus slept in shady arbour sound.