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174 All seemed well pleased; all seemed, but were not all. That day, as other solemn days, they spent In song and dance about the sacred hill, Mystical dance, which yonder starry sphere Of planets and of fixed in all her wheels Resembles nearest, mazes intricate, Eccentric, intervolved, yet regular Then most, when most irregular they seem; And in their motions harmony divine So smooths her charming tones, that God's own ear Listens delighted. Evening now approached— For we have also our evening and our morn, We ours for change delectable, not need— Forthwith from dance to sweet repast they turn Desirous. All in circles as they stood, Tables are set, and on a sudden piled With Angels' food, and rubied nectar flows In pearl, in diamond and massy gold, Fruit of delicious vines, the growth of Heaven On flowers reposed, and with fresh flowerets crowned, They eat, they drink, and in communion sweet Quaff immortality and joy, secure Of surfeit, where full measure only bounds Excess, before the all-bounteous King, who showered