LYRIC 2 Gabriel, and all th' immortal choir That fill the realms above, Sing; for he form'd you of his fire, And feeds you with his love. 's Shine to his praise, ye crystal skies, The floor of his abode, Or veil your little twinkling eyes Before a brighter God., 4 Thou restless globe of golden light, Whose beams create our days, Join with the silver queen of night, To own your borrow'd rays, 5 Blush and refund the honours paid To your inferior names : Tell the blind world,your orbs are fed By his o'erflowing flames. S Winds, ye shall bear his name aloud Thro' the ethereal blue, For when his chariot is a cloud, , He makes his wheels of you. 7 Thunder and hail, and fires and storms, The troops of his command, Appear in all your dreadful forms, And speak his awful Band. E Shout to the Lord, ye surging seas, In your eternal roar; Let wave to wave resound his praise, And shore reply to shore: 9 While monsters sporting on the flood, In scaly silver shine, Speak terribly their Maker God, And lash the foaming brine. to But gentlerthings shall tune his name To softer notes than these, Young zephyrs breathing o'er, the stream, Or whisp'ring thro' the trees. 11 Wave your tall heads, ye lofty pines, To him that bid you grow, Sweet clusters, bend the fruitful vines On av'ry thankful bough. 12 Let the shrill birds his honour raise, And climb the morning -sky: While grov'ling beasts attempt his praise In hoarser harmony: 13 Thus while the meaner creatures sing, Ye mortals take the sound, Echo the glories of yourKing Thro' ail the nations round. 15 Th' eternal name must fly abroad From Britain to Japan : And the whole race shall bow to God That owns the name of man. The Atheist's Mistake. 1 LAUGH, ye profane, and swell & burst With bold impiety Yet shall ye live for ever curs'd, And seek in vain to die. , 2 The gasp of your expiring breath Cgasigns your souls to chains, POEMS. By the last agonies of death Sent down to fiercer pains. 3 Ye stand upon a dreadful steep, And all beneath is hell ; Your weighty guilt will sink you deep, Where the old serpent fell. 4 When iron slumbersbind your flesh, With strange surprise you'll,find Immortal vigour spring afresh, And tortures wake the mind! 5 Then you'll confessthe frightful names Of plagues you scorn'd before, No more shall look like idle dreams, Like foolish tales no more. 6 Then shall ye curse that fatal day, (With flames upon your tongues) When you exchang'd your souls away For vanity andsongs. 7 Behold the saints rejoice to die, For líeav'n shines round their heads; And angel guards prepar'd to fly. Attend their fainting beds. S Their longing spirits part, and,rise ' To their celestial -seat; Above these ruinable skies They make their last retreat. 9 Hence, ye profane, I hate your ways. I walk with pious souls There's a wide difl rente in our race, And distant are our goals. The Lass givest at Sinai. 1 ARMthee withthunder,heavenlymuse, And keep th' expecting worldin awe; Oft hast thou sung in gentler mood The melting mercies of thy God; Now give thy fiercest fires a loose, And sound his dreadful law: To Israel first the words were spoke, To Israel freed from Egypt's yoke, Inhuman bondage? The hard galling load Over-press'd their feeble souls, Bent their knees to senseless bulls, And broke their ties to God. 2 Now had they pass'd the Arabian bay, And march'd between the cleaving sea; The rising waves stood guardians of their wond'rousway, But fell with most impetuous force On the pursuing swarms, And bury'd Egypt all in arms. Blending in wat'ry death the rider and the horse O'er struggling Pharaoh roll'd the mighty tide, And sav'd the labours of a pyramid. Apis and Ore in vain he cries, Andall his horned Gods beside, He swallowsfate with swimmingeyes, And curs'd the Hebrews as he dy'd. 3 Als! foolish Israel, to comply With Memphianidolatry ! zar
RkJQdWJsaXNoZXIy OTcyMjk=