1 Prais'd be Diana's fair and harmless light; br 2 Prais'd be the dews wherewith she moists the ground; br 3 Prais'd be her beams, the glory of the night; br 4 Prais'd be her power by which all powers abound. br br 5 Prais'd be her nymphs with whom she decks the woods, br 6 Prais'd be her knights in whom true honour lives; br 7 Prais'd be that force by which she moves the floods; br 8 Let that Diana shine which all these gives. br br 9 In heaven queen she is among the spheres; br 10 In aye she mistress-like makes all things pure; br 11 Eternity in her oft change she bears; br 12 She beauty is; by her the fair endure. br br 13 Time wears her not: she doth his chariot guide; br 14 Mortality below her orb is plac'd; br 15 By her the virtue of the stars down slide; br 16 In her is virtue's perfect image cast. br br 17 A knowledge pure it is her worth to know: br 18 With Circes let them dwell that think not so.