Go, demand 



Of mighty Nature, if 'twas ever meant 



That we should pry far off and be unraised, 



That we should pore, and dwindle as we pore, 



Viewing all objects unremittingly 



In disconnexion dead and spiritless ; 



And still dividing, and dividing still, 



Break down all grandeur, still unsatisfied 



With the perverse attempt, while littleness 



May yet become more little ; waging thus 



An impious warfare 'gainst the very life 



Of our own souls. WORDSWORTH, Excursion. 



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?,. NONNUS. Dionysiac. xli. 275- 



Along the skiey arch the goddess trocle, 

 And sought Harmonia's august abode ; 

 The universal plan, the mystic Four, 

 Defines the figure of the palace-floor. 

 Solid and square the ancient fabric stands, 

 Raised by the labors of unnumbered hands. 



