Above mankinde, or aught then mankinde higher,

Let not my words offend thee, Heavnly Power,

Thou hast provided all things: but with mee

What callst thou solitude, is not the Earth

So fitly them in pairs thou hast combind;

Replenisht, and all these at thy command

Find pastime, and beare rule; 九_九_藏_书_网thy Realm is large. [ 375 ]

To come and play before thee; knowst thou not

Which must be mutual, in proportion due [ 385 ]

And these inferiour farr beneath me set?

Givn and receivd; but in disparitie

Thus I presumptuous; and the vision bright,

So amply, and with hands so liberal

O 九九藏书by what Name, for thou above all these,

Can sort, what harmonie or true delight?

Tedious alike: Of fellowship I speak

Hast thou not made me here thy substitute,

Or all enjoying, what contentment find?

Cannot be human consort; they rejoyce

Thir language and thir wayes? They also know,

Muc99lib•neth less can Bird with Beast, or Fish with Fowle [ 395 ]

My Maker, be propitious while I speak. [ 380 ]

So well converse, nor with the Ox the Ape;

Each with thir kinde, Lion with Lioness;

So spake the Universal Lord, and seemd

And reason not contemptibly; with these

With various living creature九-九-藏-书-网s, and the Aire [ 370 ]

Wors then can Man with Beast, and least of all.

The one intense, the other still remiss

As with a smile more brightnd, thus replid.

And all this good to man, for whose well being

Cannot well suite with either, but soon prove

I see not who partakes. In solitude

What happine

九_九_藏_书_网

ss, who can enjoy alone, [ 365 ]

Adore thee, Author of this Universe, [ 360 ]

All rational delight, wherein the brute

Such as I seek, fit to participate [ 390 ]

And humble deprecation thus replid.

Surpassest farr my naming, how may I

Among unequals what societie

So ordering. I with leave of speech implord,