"For neither was it fit the Lord of all things Should be unhonour'd, and his works not sung."

"How charming is divine Philosophy! Not harsh, and crabbed, as dull fools suppose, But musical as is Apollo's lute, And a perpetual feast of nectared sweets, Where no crude surfeit reigns."

"What in me is dark Illumine, what is low raise and support; That to the highth of this great Argument I may assert Eternal Providence, And justify the ways of God to men."

"O'er many a frozen, many a fiery Alp, Rocks, caves, lakes, fens, bogs, dens, and shades of death."

"To be more known, to be more loved, to be more praised, to be more admired, to be more sought after, to be more followed, to be more magnified, to be more glorified, to be more adored, to be more wors…"