Who, desperately confounded this confusion

Of matter, spirit, good and evil, yea,

Godhead itself, into a universe

That is created, roll’d along, and ruled,

By no more wise direction than blind Chance.

Trouble yourself no more with disquisition

That by sad, slow, and unprogressive steps

Of wasted soul and body lead to nothing:

And only sure of life’s short breathing-while,

And knowing that the gods who threaten us