And bind our chaste affections to His throne.
Thus the three virtues, least alive on earth,
And welcomed on heaven’s coast with most applause,
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Are here inspired:—and canst thou gaze too long?
Nor stands thy wrath deprived of its reproof,
Or un-upbraided by this radiant choir.
The planets of each system represent
Kind neighbours; mutual amity prevails;
Sweet interchange of rays, received, return’d;