Man’s not a lawful steersman of his days,
His bootless wish nor hastens, nor delays;
We are God’s hired workmen, He discharges
Some late at night, and (when He list) enlarges
Others at noon, and in the morning some:
None may relieve himself, till He bid, Come.
Francis Quarles.
Let us make man in our own image, man
In our similitudes, and let them rule
Over the fish and fowl of both sea and air,