Here ceas'd the GODDESS; and HER ardent Wings,
Dipt in the Colours of the heavenly Bow,
Stood waving Radiance round, for sudden Flight
Prepar'd, when thus, impatient, burst my Prayer.
"Oh forming Light of Life! Oh better Sun!
" Sun of Mankind! by whom the cloudy
"Sublim'd, not envies  Skies,
" That, unstain'd Ether all, diffusive smile:
"
"  THY WORK  " Strait with HER Hand,
Celestial red, SHE touch'd my darken'd Eyes.
As at the Touch of Day the Shades dissolve,
So quick, methought, the misty Circle clear'd,
That dims the Dawn of Being here below:
The Future shone disclos'd, and, in long View,
Bright rising Aeras instant rush'd to Light.