But still the eternal nature, where he looks,

O’errules him with the laws which laws obey,

And in her heavenly city enrols his heart.

In. Thus ever have I held of happiness,

The child of heavenly truth, and thus have found it

In prayer and meditation and still thought,

And thus my peace of mind based on a floor 550

That doth not quaver like the joys of sense:

Those I possess enough in seeing my slaves

And citizens enjoy, having myself