For all we know Of what the blessed do above Is, that they sing, and that they love. While I listen to thy Voice..

His love at once and dread instruct our thought; As man He suffer'd and as God He taught..

Vexed sailors cursed the rain, for which poor shepherds prayed in vain..

Consent in virtue knit your hearts so fast, That still the knot, in spite of death, does last; For as your tears, and sorrow-wounded soul, Prove w….