They First Condemn That First

Chaucer Followed Nature Everywhere, But Was Never So Bold To Go Beyond Her.

Time And Death Shall Depart And Say In Flying Love Has Found Out A Way To Live, By Dying.

All Things Are Subject To Decay And When Fate Summons, Monarchs Must Obey.

Our Vows Are Heard Betimes! And Heaven Takes Care To Grant, Before We Can Conclude The Prayer: Preventing Angels Met It Half The Way, And Sent Us Back To Praise, Who Came To Pray.

Then We Upon Our Globe's Last Verge Shall Go, And View The Ocean Leaning On The Sky: From Thence Our Rolling Neighbours We Shall Know, And On The Lunar World Securely Pry.