When nations are to perish in their sins, 'tis in the Church the leprosy begins.
The Spirit breathes upon the Word and brings the truth to sight.
Sends Nature forth the daughter of the skies... To dance on earth, and charm all human eyes.
How much a dunce that has been sent to roam, excels a dunce that has been kept at home.
Glory, built on selfish principles, is shame and guilt.
Thus happiness depends, as nature shows, less on exterior things than most suppose.