...and sin, man can commune with God: There, if thy Spirit touch the Soul And grace her mean abode; O with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her God! But it is only in these isolated moments of "retirement" that there seems to be any real contact between...

...sweet bounty made, For those who follow thee. There if thy Spirit touch the soul, And grace her mean abode; Oh with what peace, and joy, and love, She communes with her GOD! There like a nightingale she pours Her solitary lays; Nor asks a witness of her song, Nor thirsts for human praise....