And being like man in all, except in sin:
His Body, from the Virgin's womb did take;
But all agree, GOD formed His soul within.
Then is the Soul from God? So Pagans say,
Which saw by Nature's light, her heavenly kind,
Naming her "Kin to God!" and "GOD's bright ray,"
"A citizen of heaven, to earth confined!"
But now I feel they pluck me by the ear,
(Whom my young Muse so boldly termed blind)