>>22410081Nor can the minde be alwayes yet,
to seuere things addict:
For frayle it is and ioy it must,
when endes the sad afflict.
And downe the highest hilles descende,
to valleyes depe and lowe:
No otherwise than when on earth,
doth Joue his lightning throwe.
Hating the crimes that here be done,
the Egle bearing fast:
Wyth byll or feete, the three edgde tole,
in Cicil fornace cast.
Ascends the toppes of heauens hie,
and maruayles much to see:
The Princely walles wyth precious stones
that there adourned bee.
Astonished is to see the place,
of glistering gold confect:
That shines wyth starres she doth be∣holde
with Diamond pillers deckt.
The costly roufes she loked vpon,
of Indian teeth compacte:
She meruayles at the ample fielde,
and light that neuer lackt.
The great delightes that gods are in,
that rong cannot expresse:
Nor neuer heart of man could thinke,
the worthy pleasauntnesse.
She flying fast both here and there,
desireth much to play:
By skies so cleare and pleasaunt ayres,
begins hir wings to spray.
The earth, and quite she doth forget,
her nest is out of minde:
In princely rayne of thundring God,
such pleasure doth she finde.
But after that by hungers prick,
with fasting strength decayes:
And he ate lackes foode to worke vppon,
that now she gan to prayse.
The heauens hie she doth despise,
and downe her selfe she speedes▪
To ground, that late she did contemne,
and there apace she feedes.
Matter exists to calm living creatures down, that's why you're pining after it. Think about what you are really here to do tho. Man is the ideal witness to creation and structure from the perspective of matter itself 'the princely walls with precious stones'.
