VIII.
FFROM this entangling labyrinthine mazeOf doctrine, creed, and theory; from vagueVain speculations; the detested plagueOf spiritual pride, and vile affraysSectarian, good Lord, deliver me!Nature! thy placid monitory gloryShines uninterrogated, while the storyGoes round of this and that theology,This creed, and that, till patience close the list.Once more on Carronben’s wind-shrilling heightTo sit in sovereign solitude, and quiteForget the hollow world—a pantheistBeyond Bonaventura! This were cheerPassing the tedious tale of shallow pulpiteer.
FFROM this entangling labyrinthine mazeOf doctrine, creed, and theory; from vagueVain speculations; the detested plagueOf spiritual pride, and vile affraysSectarian, good Lord, deliver me!Nature! thy placid monitory gloryShines uninterrogated, while the storyGoes round of this and that theology,This creed, and that, till patience close the list.Once more on Carronben’s wind-shrilling heightTo sit in sovereign solitude, and quiteForget the hollow world—a pantheistBeyond Bonaventura! This were cheerPassing the tedious tale of shallow pulpiteer.
FFROM this entangling labyrinthine mazeOf doctrine, creed, and theory; from vagueVain speculations; the detested plagueOf spiritual pride, and vile affraysSectarian, good Lord, deliver me!Nature! thy placid monitory gloryShines uninterrogated, while the storyGoes round of this and that theology,This creed, and that, till patience close the list.Once more on Carronben’s wind-shrilling heightTo sit in sovereign solitude, and quiteForget the hollow world—a pantheistBeyond Bonaventura! This were cheerPassing the tedious tale of shallow pulpiteer.
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