VIII.

In a true Piece of _Wit_, all Things must be,

Yet all Things there _agree_;

As in the _Ark_, join 'd without Force or Strife,

All _Creatures_ dwelt; all _Creatures_ that had Life.

Or as the _primitive Forms_ of all,

(If we compare great Things with small)

Which without _Discord_ or _Confusion_ lie,

In the strange _Mirror_ of the _Deity_.

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