Matthew Prior. Dialogues of the Dead and Other Works in Prose and Verse. The Text Edited by A. R. Waller |
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[Inspired Wit.]
If ever I had any Wit t'was when I had the Honor to be with Your Lordship, and then too it was not mine by Nature but inspiration.
So when the meanest Priest comes near the Cell
Where the pleas'd Deity vouchsafes to dwell
Farewell Humanity, a Nobler ray
Descends and drives Him from Himself away
With mighty Joy his sacred Silence breaks
And much the God inspires, and much the Prophet speaks.
Where the pleas'd Deity vouchsafes to dwell
Farewell Humanity, a Nobler ray
Descends and drives Him from Himself away
With mighty Joy his sacred Silence breaks
And much the God inspires, and much the Prophet speaks.
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