They knew not the loved Deity, they knew
Divine effects a cause divine did shew:
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{ Nor can we doubt, when such these numbers are,
{ Such is their cause, though the worst muse shall dare
{ Their sacred worth in humble verse declare.
As gentle Thames, charmed with thy tuneful song,
Glides in a peaceful majesty along;
No rebel stone, no lofty bank, does brave
The easy passage of his silent wave;