Its dissonance, or harmony, shall rise.
Heaven bid the soul this mortal frame inspire!
Bid virtue’s ray divine inspire the soul
With unprecarious flows of vital joy;
And, without breathing, man as well might hope
For life, as, without piety, for peace. 690
“Is virtue, then, and piety the same?”—
No; piety is more; ’tis virtue’s source;
Mother of every worth, as that of joy.
Men of the world this doctrine ill digest;