What then art Thou? by what name shall I call thee?—
Knew I the name devout archangels use, 597
Devout archangels should the name enjoy,
By me unrivall’d; thousands more sublime,
None half so dear as that which, though unspoke,
Still glows at heart: O how omnipotence
Is lost in love! Thou great Philanthropist!
Father of angels! but the friend of man! 603
Like Jacob, fondest of the younger born!
Thou, who didst save him, snatch the smoking brand