And by ambitious[514] longings undisturbed;

Men, whose delight is where their duty leads

Or fixes them; whose least distinguished day

Shines with some portion of that heavenly lustre

Which makes the sabbath lovely in the sight

Of blessed angels, pitying human cares.

—And, as on earth it is the doom of truth

To be perpetually attacked by foes

Open or covert, be that priesthood still,

For her defence, replenished with a band