LYRIC POEMS. 234 6 Yet can those bolts of death that k cleave the flood [shroud, To teach a rebel, pierce this sacred Ting'd in the vital stream of my Re- deemer's blood ?' The penitent pardoned. 1 HENCE from mysonl, my sins, depart, Your fatal friendship nod I see ; Long -have you dwelttoo near myheart, Hence, to eternal distance flee. t Ye gave my dying Lord hjs wound, Yet F caress'd your vip'rous brood, And in my heart -strings lapp'd you round, You, the vile murderers of my God. 3 Black heavy thoughts, like mountains, roll O'er mypoor breast, with boding fears, . And crushing hard my tortured soul, Wring thro' my eyes the briny tears. 4 Forgive my treasons, Prince of grace, The bloody Jews were traitors too, Yet thou hast pray'd for that curs'd race, [do." " Father, they know not what they B Great Advocate, look down and see Awretch,whose smarting sorrowsbleed ; O plead the sane excuse forme ! For, Lord, I knew not what I did. 4 Peace, my complaints; let ev'ry groan Bestill, and silence wait hislove ; Compassions dwell amidst his throne, Andthro' his inmost bowels move. 7 Lo, from the everlasting shies, Gently, as morning.dewsdistil, The dove immortal downward flies, ' With peaceful olive in his bill. 3 How sweetthe voice of pardon sounds I Sweet the relief to deep distress ! I feel the balm that heals my wounds, And all my pose'rs adore the grace. A hymn of praise for three great saÌva- vations; viz. t From the Spanish Invasion, 1581. 2 From the Gun - powder Plot, Nov. 5. 3 From Popery and Slavery by King William of glorious memory, who landed, Nov. 5, 1888. Composed Nov. 5. 1695. 1 INFINITE God, thy counsels stand .Like mountainsof eternal brass, Pillars to prop our sinking land, Or guardian rocks to break the seas. S From pole to pole thy name is known, Thee a whole heav'n of angels praise; Our labouring tongues would reach thy throne With the-lend triumphs of thy grace. 3 Part of thy church, by thy command, Stands rais'd upon the British isles ; "There, said the Lord, to ages stand, Finn as the everlasting hills." 4 In vain the Spanishocean roar'd ; Its billows swell'd against our shore, Its billows sunk beneath thy word, With all the floating war they bore. 5 Come, said the sonsof bloody Rome, Let us provide new arms from heil :" And down they digg'd thro' earth's dark womb, And ransack'd all the burning cell. 6 Old Satan lent them fiery stores, Infernal coal, and sahib 'rous flame, And all that burns, and all that roars, Outrageous fires of dreadful name. 7 Beneath the senate and the throne, Engines of hellish thunder lay ; .There the dark seeds of fire were sown, To spring a bright but dismal day. d Thy love beheld the black design, Thy love that guards our island round; Strange! how it quench'd the fiery mine, And crush'd the tempest underground, The Second Part. I ASSUME, my tongue, a nobler strain, Sing the new wonders of the Lord; The foes revive their pow'rs again, Again they die beneath his sword. 2 Dark as our thoughtsour minutesroll, While tyranny possess'd the throne, And murd'rers of-an Irish soul Ran,threatning death,thro'ev'rytown. 3 The Roman priest, and British prince, Join'd their best force, and blackest charms, [France And the fierce troops of neighbouring Offer'd the service of their arms. 4 "'Tis done," they cry'd, and laugh'd , aloud, The courts of darkness rang with joy, Th' old serpent hiss'd, and hell grew proud, While.Zion monrn'd her ruin nigh. 5 But lo, the great Deliverer sails Cornmission'd from Jehovah's hand, And smiling seas, and wishing gales, -Convey him to the longingland. 6 The happy day, and happy year, Both in our new salvation meet Thedaythatquench'd thehnrningsnare, The year that burnt th' invading fleet. 7 Now did thine arm, O God of hosts, Nowdidthine armshine dazz lingbright, The sons of mighttheir hands had lost, And men ofblood forgot to figot. 8 Brigades of angels lin'd the way, And guarded William to his throne ; There, ye celestial warriors, stay, And make his palace like your own. g Then, mighty God, the earth shall know And learn the worship of the sky, Angels and Britons join below, To raise their Hallelujahs high,
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