"The types eternal just proportions teach,
"Greater or less, more or less perfect each.
"These ever present power omniscient sees,
"On them he forms his ever-made decrees;
"Nor can he better love what merits least,
"Man than an angel, or than man a beast.
"Hence Reason, hence immortal Order springs,
"Knowledge and Love adapted to the things,
"And thence th' unerring rule of justice flows,
"To act what Order prompts, and Reason shows.