Arts & Sciences
Inspired Wit
From Miscellaneous Works (Waller, 1907)
Arts & Sciences
So when the meanest Priest comes near the Cell
Where the pleas'd Deity vouchsafes to dwell
Farewell Humanity, a Nobler ray
Descends and drives Him from Himself away
With mighty Joy his sacred Silence breaks
And much the God inspires, and much the Prophet speaks.
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