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Book II.
 * Inhabitant of earth, to whom is giv'n

The gracious ways of providence to learn, Receive my sayings with a stedfast ear Know then, the sov'reign spirit of the world, Tho' self-collected from eternal time, Within his own deep essence he beheld The circling bounds of happiness unite; Yet