Inquire of ancient wisdom; go, demand
Of mighty nature, if 'twas ever meant
That we should pray far off, yet be unraised;
That we should pore, and dwindle as we pore.
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That this magnificent effect of power,
The earth we tread, the sky that we behold
By day, and all the pomp which night reveals—
That these, and that superior mystery,
Our vital frame, so fearfully devised,