 | Collected poems of Samuel Davies : 1723-1761 |  |
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[THE ETERNAL MIND]
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The following extract from a hymn sung at the initiation into the Eleusinian mysteries, is a curious orthodox relique of heathen antiquity, strongly asserting the unity and perfection of the Diety.
Look up, and view th'eternal mind.
Boldly ascend the arduous road
Thro' nature up to nature's God:
King of the world, he reigns alone;
The cause of all, himself but one;
The cause uncaus'd: His nature spreads,
Immense, and all his works pervades.
Himself unseen, with one wide view
He looks the vast creation thro'.
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