But by the finger of th' Almighty's hand:

To the divinest and the richest Mind,

Both by Art's purchase and by Nature's dower,

That ever was from heaven to earth confined,

To shew the utmost of a creature's power:

To that great Spirit which doth great kingdoms move,

The sacred spring, whence Right and Honour streams,

Distilling Virtue, shedding Peace and Love

In every place, as Cynthia sheds her beams:

I offer up some sparkles of that fire,