Lo! now my faithfull muse hath represented

Both frames of Providence to open view,

And hath each point in orient colours painted

Not to deceive the sight with seeming shew

But earnest to give either part their due;

Now urging th’ uncouth strange perplexitie

Of infinite worlds and Time, then of a new

Softening that harsher inconsistencie

To fit the immense goodnesse of the Deity.

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