Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

Learn to be quiet enough to hear the genuine within yourself so that you can hear it in others.

But first and chiefest, with thee bring
Him that yon soars on golden wing,
Guiding the fiery-wheeled read more

But first and chiefest, with thee bring
Him that yon soars on golden wing,
Guiding the fiery-wheeled throne,
The Cherub Contemplation.

The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.

The act of contemplation then creates the thing created.

When holy and devout religious men
Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,
So read more

When holy and devout religious men
Are at their beads, 'tis much to draw them thence,
So sweet is zealous contemplation.

In discourse more sweet,
(For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)
Others apart sat on a read more

In discourse more sweet,
(For Eloquence the Sound, Song charmes the sense,)
Others apart sat on a hill retir'd,
In thoughts more elevate, and reasoned high
Of Providence, Foreknowledge, Will and Fate,
Fixed fate, free will, foreknowledge absolute;
And found no end, in wand'ring mazes lost.

Contemplation makes a rare turkey cock of him. How he jets under
his advanced plumes!

Contemplation makes a rare turkey cock of him. How he jets under
his advanced plumes!