At thy command, how awful! Shall the Soul,

Human and rational, report of thee

Even less than these?—Be mute who will, who can,

Yet I will praise thee with impassioned voice:

My lips, that may forgot[*printer's error?] thee in the crowd,

Cannot forget thee here; where thou hast built,

For thy own glory, in the wilderness!

Me didst thou constitute a priest of thine,

In such a temple as we now behold

Reared for thy presence: therefore, am I bound