He saw the eclipse of sun, and change of moon

He saw, but seeing would not shun his own:

Eclips'd he was, that he might shine more bright,

And only chang'd to give a fuller light.

He having view'd the sky, and glorious train

Of gilded stars, scorn'd longer to remain

In earthly prisons: could he a village love,

Whom the twelve houses waited for above?

The grateful stars a heavenly mansion gave

T' his heavenly soul, nor could he live a slave