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Great
Solomon, not circumscrib'd to Rules,
Freed from the slavish Method of the Schools;
No more than Air (that Libertine) confin'd,
And no less comprehensive was his mind;
The shining fruit of Eden was his meat,
Which without curse, or surfeit he did eat.
In Proverbs he his wisdom often shrouds:
As Phœbus sometimes wears a Cloak of Clouds.
Their knowledg wisest Nations thus convey'd,
And in such Cabinets their Jewels laid.
And these are some of Ours—, viz. Night follows Day
And purest Gold is lessen'd by Allay.
Freed from the slavish Method of the Schools;
No more than Air (that Libertine) confin'd,
And no less comprehensive was his mind;
The shining fruit of Eden was his meat,
Which without curse, or surfeit he did eat.
In Proverbs he his wisdom often shrouds:
As Phœbus sometimes wears a Cloak of Clouds.
Their knowledg wisest Nations thus convey'd,
And in such Cabinets their Jewels laid.
And these are some of Ours—, viz. Night follows Day
And purest Gold is lessen'd by Allay.
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