234 LYRIC PO Thy being no succession knows, And all thy vast designs are one. $ A glance ofthine runs thro' the globes, Rules the bright world, and moves their frame: Broad sheetsoflight composethyrobes; Thy guards are form'd of living flame. 4 Thrones and dominions round theefall, And worship in submissive forms; Thy presence shakes this lower ball, This little dwelling-place of worms. 9 How shall affrightedmortals dare To sing thy glory or thy grace, . Beneath thy feet we lie so far, And see but shadows of thy face? $ Who can behold the blazing light; Who can approach consuming flame ? None but thy wisdom knows thymight; Nonebut thy word canspeak thyname. The Nativity of Christ. I "- SHEPHERDS, rejoice, lift up your eyes, And send your fears away ; News from the region of the skies, born to -day.. 2 Jesus, the God whom angels fear, Cumes down to dwell with you:, To -day he makes his entrance here, But not as monarchs do. 3 No gold, nor purple swaddling bands, Nor royal shining things; A manger for his cradle stands And holds the King of kings. 4 Co, shepherds, where the infant lies, And see his humble throne; With tears of joy in all your eyes, Go, shepherds, kiss the Son.' d ThanGabriel sang, and straight around The heav'nly armies throng ; They tune their harps to lofty sound, And thus conclude thesong : e "Glory to God that reigns above, Let peace snrronnd the earth ; Mortals shall know their Maker's love, At their Redeemer's birth." 7'Lord ! and shall angels havetheir "songs And men no tunes to raise? O may we lose these useless tongues When they forget to praise! s Glory to God that reigns above, That pitied us forlorn, We join to sing our Maker's love, For there's a Saviour born. God glorious, and sinners saved. I FATHER, how wide thy glory shines ! if ow high thy wonders rise Known thro' the earth by thousand signs, B.y thousand thro' the skies. EMS. 2 Those mightyorbs proclaimthy gow'r, Their motions speak thy skill ; And on the wings of ev'ry hour, ,- We read thy patience still. 3 Part of thy name divinely stands On all thy creatures writ, They shew thelabour of thine hands, Or impress of thy'feet. 4 But when we view thy strange design To save rebellious worms, Where vengeance and compassion join. In their divinest forms; 5 Our thoughts are lost in reverend awe We love and we adore; The first arch -angel never saw So much of God before. 6. Here the whole Deity is known, Nor dares a creature guess Which of the glories brightest shone, The justice or the grace. 7 When sinners broke the Father's laws, The dying Son atones; . Oh the dear mysteriesof his cross! - The triumph of his groans ! 8 Now the full glories of the Lamb Adorn the heav'nly plains ; Sweet cherubs learn immanuel's name, And try their choicest strains. 9 0 may I bear some-humble part In that immortal song! Wonder and joys shall tune my heart, And love command my tongue. The humble enquiry. A French sonnet imitated, 1695. Grand Diets, tes Jugemens. he. 1 GRACE rules below, and sits enthron'd above, How few the sparks ofwrath ! how slow they move, And drop and die in boundless seas of love! 2 But me, vile wretch! should pitying love embrace Deep in its ocean, hell itself would blaze, And flash and burn me thro' the boundless seas. 3 Yea, Lord, my guilt to suck a vastness grown [alone, Seems to confine thy choice to wrath And calls thy pow'r to vindicate thy throne. 4 Thine honour bids, " Avenge thy in- jnr'd name," Thy slighted loves a dreadful glory claim, [thy flame. While m ymoisttears might but incense 5 Should heav'n grow black, almighty thunder roar, And vengeance blast me, I could plead no more, .But own thy justice dying, matador*.
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