Azure, green, purple, pearl, or downy gold,

Or all commix’d; they stand, with wings outspread,

Listening to catch the Master’s least command,

And fly through nature, ere the moment ends;

Numbers innumerable!—well conceived

By Pagan, and by Christian! O’er each sphere

Presides an angel, to direct its course,

And feed, or fan, its flames; or to discharge

Other high trusts unknown. For who can see

Such pomp of matter, and imagine, Mind, 890