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For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and read more
For the world was built in order
Around the atoms march in tune;
Rhyme the pipe, and Time the warder,
The sun obeys them, and the moon.
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second read more
Confusion heard his voice, and wild uproar
Stood ruled, stood vast infinitude confined;
Till at his second bidding darkness fled,
Light shone, and order from disorder sprung.
Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.
Order is Heaven's first law; and this confess,
Some are and must be greater than the rest.
Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
Chaos in the midst of chaos isn't funny, but chaos in the midst of order is.
The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die read more
The bed comprehends our whole life, for we were born in it, we live in it, and we shall die in it
Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams.
Be careful what you wear to bed at night, you never know who you'll meet in your dreams.
Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.
Order is a lovely thing; on disarray it lays its wing, teaching simplicity to sing.
Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
Be right, and then be easy to live with, if possible, but in that order.
Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we read more
Not chaos-like together crush'd and bruis'd,
But, as the world, harmoniously confused:
Where order in variety we see,
And where tho' all things differ, all agree.