Of adamant, and as a centre firm,
To the utmost of mere man both wise and good, Not more; for honours, riches, kingdoms, glory, Have been before contemn'd, and may again: Therefore to know what more thou art than man, Worth naming Son of God by voice from heav'n, Another method I must now begin.
So saying he caught him up, and without wing Of hippogrif bore through the air sublime Over the wilderness and o'er the plain; Till underneath them fair Jerusalem, The holy city, lifted high her towers, And higher yet the glorious temple rear'd Her pile, far off appearing like a mount Of alabaster, topp'd with golden spires: There on the highest pinnacle he set The Son of God, and added thus in scorn.
There stand, if thou wilt stand; to stand upright Will ask thee skill; I to thy father's house
Have brought thee, and highest plac'd, highest is best, Now show thy progeny; if not to stand, Cast thyself down; safely, if Son of God; For it is written, He will give command Concerning thee to his angels, in their hands They shall uplift thee, lest at any time Thou chance to dash thy foot against a stone.
To whom thus Jesus. Also it is written, Tempt not the Lord thy God: he said and stood: But Satan smitten with amazement fell. As when earth's son Antæus, to compare Small things with greatest, in Irassa strove With Jove's Alcides, and oft foil'd still rose,
Of adamant, and as a centre firm,
To the utmost of mere man both wise and good, Not more; for honours, riches, kingdoms, glory, Have been before contemn'd, and may again: Therefore to know what more thou art than man, Worth naming Son of God by voice from heav'n, Another method I must now begin.
So saying he caught him up, and without wing Of hippogrif bore through the air sublime Over the wilderness and o'er the plain; Till underneath them fair Jerusalem, The holy city, lifted high her towers, And higher yet the glorious temple rear'd Her pile, far off appearing like a mount Of alabaster, topp'd with golden spires: There on the highest pinnacle he set The Son of God, and added thus in scorn.
There stand, if thou wilt stand; to stand upright Will ask thee skill; I to thy father's house Have brought thee, and highest plac'd, highest is best, Now show thy progeny; if not to stand, Cast thyself down; safely, if Son of God; For it is written, He will give command Concerning thee to his angels, in their hands They shall uplift thee, lest at any time Thou chance to dash thy foot against a stone.
To whom thus Jesus. Also it is written, Tempt not the Lord thy God: he said and stood: But Satan smitten with amazement fell. As when earth's son Antæus, to compare Small things with greatest, in Irassa strove With Jove's Alcides, and oft foil'd still rose,
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