His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught.
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And as pale sickness does invade, Your frailer part, the breaches made, In that fair lodging still more clear, Make the bright guest, your soul, appear.
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The chain that's fixed to the throne of Jove, On which the fabric of our world depends, One link dissolved, the whole creation ends.
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Give us enough but with a sparing hand.
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