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“Nequaquam nobis divinitus esse creatam
Naturam mundi, quæ tantâ est prædita culpâ .”
Lucret ii. 180.
Naturam mundi, quæ tantâ est prædita culpâ .”
Lucret ii. 180.
But who of ought can judge aright
Unless ye see the whole;—
Or circumscribe the Infinite
Within the human soul?
Unless ye see the whole;—
Or circumscribe the Infinite
Within the human soul?
Or if in all this worldly show
Such imperfection reigns,
Who gave to man a soul to know
The faults which he disdains?
Such imperfection reigns,
Who gave to man a soul to know
The faults which he disdains?
“He hath set the world in their heart, so that no man can find
put the work that God maketh from the beginning to the end.”
Eccles. iii. 11.
God look'd on all that He had made
And, lo, 'twas very good,
But all is now by sin decay'd,
Of guilt and death the food.
And, lo, 'twas very good,
But all is now by sin decay'd,
Of guilt and death the food.
Yet in man live in this his fall
Wrecks of immortal mind,
Which in this varied beauteous ball
Can naught responsive find.
Wrecks of immortal mind,
Which in this varied beauteous ball
Can naught responsive find.
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