Exordium
as far as heaven, hell their faces turn:
from whom, in length, depth, their paths extend
with sense, with mind, with reason, I discern, that act, rule, reckoning, may not comprehend
beyond all lower, middle, and superne, that power, bulk and multitude which tend
blind error, ruthless time, ungentle doom, deaf envy, villain madness, zeal unwise
hard heart, unholy craft, bold deeds begun, shall never fill for one the air with gloom
or ever thrust a veil before these eyes, or ever hide from me my glorious sun