64. ON TRUTH.(notes)Of intellectual worlds Truth is the sun,Outpouring on the mind heav'n's purest light,Before which quickly fly all shades of night.And as his daily course the Truth doth run,He sheds a vivifying heat. This done,Each plant of virtue grows up in our sight;But ev'ry vile imposture feels a blight.—With thee has truth, God's truth, the vict'ry won?Alas! by ev'ry cheat and wicked lieMan is misled, deluded to his woe;And o'er him Satan holds dominion high,Reigning o'er all the wretched race below,Till God doth interpose in wondrous love,On man his Spirit pouring from above.
64. ON TRUTH.(notes)
Of intellectual worlds Truth is the sun,Outpouring on the mind heav'n's purest light,Before which quickly fly all shades of night.And as his daily course the Truth doth run,He sheds a vivifying heat. This done,Each plant of virtue grows up in our sight;But ev'ry vile imposture feels a blight.—With thee has truth, God's truth, the vict'ry won?Alas! by ev'ry cheat and wicked lieMan is misled, deluded to his woe;And o'er him Satan holds dominion high,Reigning o'er all the wretched race below,Till God doth interpose in wondrous love,On man his Spirit pouring from above.
Of intellectual worlds Truth is the sun,
Outpouring on the mind heav'n's purest light,
Before which quickly fly all shades of night.
And as his daily course the Truth doth run,
He sheds a vivifying heat. This done,
Each plant of virtue grows up in our sight;
But ev'ry vile imposture feels a blight.—
With thee has truth, God's truth, the vict'ry won?
Alas! by ev'ry cheat and wicked lie
Man is misled, deluded to his woe;
And o'er him Satan holds dominion high,
Reigning o'er all the wretched race below,
Till God doth interpose in wondrous love,
On man his Spirit pouring from above.