Edward Taylor poetry?

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Familiar faces vie for table tennis glory

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Los Angeles District and URS Corporation have held ping pong leagues for several years and ultimately hold a championship tournament on the seventh-floor patio of their downtown Los Angeles office building.

This year’s Pingpong Extravaganza men’s championship was held July 26, featuring a chili dog lunch to raise funds for and promote membership in the District-sponsored Toastmasters club.

“Another great year,” said Ed Louie, member of Essayons Toastmasters Club 988 and One-Alarm Chili chef. “We had some scheduling issues, so only the men’s final was held today.”

In the men’s division, it was an all-District final as ACE-IT contractor Bee Cha won three sets to one against David Coltharp of the asset management division.

Corps vs. Corps lined up as the women took the table on July 31. Perennial finalist and 2006 champion Rosa Ramirez, programs and project management division lost a hard fought battle to Roxanne Vidaurre, engineering division.

This fun rivalry got its start when Ed Louie attended a Toastmasters meeting in URS’ conference room and noticed a ping pong table in the patio area. A URS Toastmasters member asked him if he would like a quick game after the meeting. After the match, the two decided it would be fun if the district and URS challenge each other to a friendly ping pong match. From that point in 2006 to present, it’s two wins for URS men and five wins for the Corps men. For the women, its four wins for URS and two wins for the Corps women. The Corps is looking for future men and women players to join.

“If this year is any indication, the men and women of the Los Angeles District and URS Corporation will continue this friendly challenge, and I may have to add another ‘alarm’ to my chili,” added Louie.

Question by Ginnita: Edward Taylor poetry?
Alright so here’s a poem by Edward Taylor.. o_O. I don’t want a line by line paraphrase.. I just want a guide to help me understand somewhat what this poem is talking about. I’m aware that he was a Puritan, but this poem makes no sense to me =/ .

Our Insufficiency to Praise God Suitably for His Mercy
Edward Taylor

Should all the world so wide to atoms fall,
Should th’ air be shred to motes; should we
See all the Earth hacked here so small
That none could smaller be?
Should heaven and earth be atomized, we guess
The number of these motes were numberless.

But should we then a world each atom deem,
Where dwell as many pious men
As all these motes the world could teem,
Were it shred into them?
Each atom would the world surmount, we guess,
Whose men in numbers would be numberless.

But had each pious man as many tongues
At singing all together then
The praise that to the Lord belongs,
As all these atoms men?
Each man would sing a world of praise, we guess,
Whose tongues in number would be numberless.

And had each tongue as many songs of praise
To sing to the almighty All;
As all these men have songs to raise
To him their holy call?
Each tongue would tune a world of praise, we guess,
Whose songs in number would be numberless.

Nay, had each song as many tunes most sweet,
Or one entwisting in’t as many,
As all these tongues have songs most meet
Unparalleled by any?
Each song a world of music makes, we guess,
Whose tunes in number would be numberless.

Now should all these conspire in us, that we
Could breathe such praise to thee, Most High:
Should we thy sounding organ be
To ring such melody?
Our music would the world of worlds outring,
Yet be unfit within thine ears to ting.

Thou didst us mold, and us new-mold when we
Were worse than mold we tread upon.
Nay, nettles made by sin we be:
Yet hadst compassion.
Thou hast plucked out our stings; and by degrees
Hast of us, lately wasps, made lady bees.

Thou e’er our tongues thy praise due can fan,
A weevil with the world may fly,
Yea fly away: and with a span
We may out mete the sky.
Though what we can is but a lisp, we pray
Accent thereof. We have no better pay.

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