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 'Tis but deſign'd a Cabinet or Shell

In which his more refined Part might dwell;

God breath'd in him the Breath of Life, and then

A living Soul this Creature he became;

At once to him his Maker did impart

Life, and did plant his Image in his Heart:

And now this Creature he is to be found

To ſtand upright and walk upon the Ground:

His Form of Body ſo erect and even,

There's not his Mate, nor like below the Heav'n;

While all the Beaſts did downward caſt an Eye,

Man's lofty Looks was to the Heavens high,

To ſhew that there his Happineſs did ly.

Such Majeſty did in his Looks appear,

Did ſtrike all Creatures with a Dread or Fear:

This laſt made Creature God did honour more

Than all the Creatures made on Earth before.

But Adam all this while is yet alone,

In all the World his Equal there was none;

While every other Creature has its Mate,

Of Adam's Kind there's none for him to get:

The intelligent excellent human Nature

Extends but yet unto one ſingle Creature,

The ſpacious Univerſe is ſo large, that he

The Inhabitant of it alone ſhould be:

The numerous Angels neither must they ſo,

While they're above, deſpiſe Man that's below,

While ſolitary he alone doth go.