Embryo creation, unborn being, dwelt,

And all its various revolutions rolled,

Present, though future; prior to themselves;

Whose breath can blow it into nought again;

Or, from His throne some delegated power;

Who, studious of our peace, dost turn the thought

From vain and vile, to solid and sublime!

Unseen Thou lead’st me to delicious draughts

Of Inspiration, from a purer stream,

And fuller of the God, than that which burst