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Show 9» 8 TO EM S. V Accord du Bien. r !• If if j Rder, by which all things are made, And this great World's foundation laid, _ Is nothing elfe but Harmony, Where different parts are brought t9 agree. As Empires are ftill belt maintain d Thofe ways which firft their Greatnefs gain/d: $ So in this univerfal Frame r What made and keeps it, is the fame. Thus all things unto peace do tend; Even Difcords have it for their end. The caufe w h y Elements do fight, Is but their Jnftinc* to Unite. .- mil: « ViJO - ^ ; MuficK could never pleafe the Senfe But by United excellence : The fweeteft Note which Numbers know If ftruck alone, would tedious grow. 5* Man, the whole World's Epitome, Is by creation Harmony. ' 1 was Sin firft quarrell d in his breft, Then made him angry with the reft. 6. But POEMS. • • 99 6. But Goodrieft keeps that Unity, And loves its o w n fociety So well, that feldom w e have known One real Worth to dwell alone. And hence it is w e Friendfhip calf Not by one Virtue's name, but all. Nor is it when bad things agree Thought Union, but Confpiracy. - • • . • • • Nature and Grace, fuch Enemies, That when one fell t' other did rife, Are now by Mercy even fet^ As Stars in Couftelkitibns met. ' • it'" e ' Jf Nature were her felf a firi, Her ^uthor (G O Ety had guifty bin p But M a n by fin contracting Mil, iL Shall, purg'd froiri i&g$ be clear again. • to. To prove that Nature's excellent, IV Even Sin it felf's kw Argument: Therefore w e Nat^e'J ftefin deplore, Becaufe it felf was pttfe before. H rp i 3 7 7 •'-" O* • it. And |
