And hairy mane terrific, though to thee Not noxious, but obedient at thy call.

“Now Heaven in all her glory shone, and rolled Her motions, as the great First Mover’s hand First wheeled their course; Earth in her rich attire Consummate lovely smiled; air, water, earth, By fowl, fish, beast, was flown, was swum, was walked, Frequent; and of the sixth day yet remained. There wanted yet the master-work, the end Of all yet done; a creature who, not prone And brute as other creatures, but endued With sanctity of reason, might erect His stature, and upright with front serene Govern the rest, self-knowing, and from thence Magnanimous to correspond with Heaven, But grateful to acknowledge whence his good Descends; thither with heart, and voice, and eyes, Directed in devotion, to adore And worship God supreme, who made him chief Of all his works. Therefore the omnipotent Eternal Father (for where is not he Present?) thus to his Son audibly spake: