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Rh Each in their crystal sluice, he ere they fell Kissed, as the gracious signs of sweet remorse And pious awe, that feared to have offended.
 * So all was cleared, and to the field they haste.

But first, from under shady arborous roof Soon as they forth were come to open sight Of dayspring, and the sun—who scarce uprisen, With wheels yet hovering o'er the ocean brim, Shot parallel to the earth his dewy ray, Discovering in wide landscape all the east Of Paradise and Eden's happy plains— Lowly they bowed, adoring, and began Their orisons, each morning duly paid In various style; for neither various style Nor holy rapture wanted they to praise Their Maker in fit strains, pronounced or sung Unmeditated; such prompt eloquence Flowed from their lips, in prose or numerous verse, More tuneable than needed lute or harp To add more sweetness; and they thus began:
 * "These are thy glorious works, Parent of good,

Almighty! thine this universal frame, Thus wondrous fair; thyself how wondrous then! Unspeakable, who sittest above these heavens, To us invisible, or dimly seen In these thy lowest works; yet these declare