All love and joy, in His Eternal Bower,

A world of innocence as then was mine,

In which the joys of Paradise did shine:

And while I was not here I was in Heaven,

Not resting one, but every, day in seven,

For ever minding with a lively sense,

The universe in all its excellence.

No other thoughts did intervene, to cloy,

Divert, extinguish, or eclipse my joy,

No other customs, new-found wants, or dreams