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