[40]The rashest dare not rouse him up: Who then

Shall turn on me, among the sons of men?

Am I a debtor? Hast thou ever heard

Whence come the gifts that are on me conferr'd?

My lavish fruit a thousand valleys fills,

And mine the herds, that graze a thousand hills:

Earth, sea, and air, all nature is my own;

And stars and sun are dust beneath my throne.

And dar'st thou with the world's great Father vie,

Thou, who dost tremble at my creature's eye?