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XIV.

But all beneath the constant Moon decay!
All change!—All spring from infancy to age;
And, at the appointed season of decay,
Melt into dust;—to be reform'd again.
Reform'd in splendour more magnificent,

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Than eye has seen, or ear has ever heard!
And by that power, Omnipotent, whose name,
Inscribed on all the Universe, proclaims
Him past, him present, future, and sole cause,
Sole power, sole love, sole wisdom, and sole end.