LYRIC 14 felt down my will, and let it flow, And take the mould divine. 9 Seize my whole frame into thy hand': Here all my powers I bring ; Manage the wheels by thy command, And govern ev'ry spring. 9 Then shall my feet no more depart, Norwand'ring senses rove ; Devotion shall be all my heart, And all my passions love. to Then not the sun shall more than I His Maker's law perform, Na, travel swifter thro' the sky Nor with a zeal so warm. God Supreme and Selfsufcient. 1 WHAT is. our God, or what bis name? Nor men camlearn, nor angels teach; He dwells conceal'd in radiant flame, Where neither eyes nor thoughts can reach. 4 The spacious worlds of heav'nly light, Compar'si with him,how short they fall? They are too dark, and he too bright, Nothing are they, and God is all. 3 He spoke the wondrous word, and lo Creation rose at his command; Whirlwinds and seas their limits know, Bound in the hollow of his hand. 4 There rests the, earth, there roll the spheres, There nature learns,and feelsher prop: But his own self- sufficience bears The weightof his own glories up. 5 The tide of creatures ebbs and flows, Measuring their changes by the moon : No ebb his sea of glory knows; His age is one eternal noon. 6 Then fly, my song, an endlessround, The lofty tune let Michael raise ; All nature dwell upon the sound, But we can ne'er fulfil the. praise. Jesus the only Saviour. t ADAM; our father and our head, Transgress'd; and justice doom'd us dead : The fiery law speaks all despair, Th @re's no reprieve, nor pardon there. 2 Call a bright council in the skies; " Seraphs the mighty and the wise, Say, what expedient can you give, That sinbe damn'd, and sinners live ? 3 Speak, are you strong to bear the load, The weighty vengeance ofa God ? Which of you loves our wretched rage, Or dares to venture in our place ?" 4 In vain we ask ; for all around Stand silent thro' the heav'nly ground There's not a. glorious mind above Has half the strength, or half the love. POEMS. 6 But, O unutterable grace! Th' eternal Son takes Adam's place; Down to our world the Saviour flies; Stretches his naked arms and dies. 6 Justice was pleas'd to bruise the God, And pay its wrongs with heav'nly blood; What unknown racksand pangs hebore Then rose: The law could ask no more. v Amazing work ! look down, ye skies, Wonder and gaze with all your eyes'; Ye heav'nly thrones, stoop from above, And bow to this mysterious love. 3 See, how they bend! See, bow they look! Long they had read th' eternal hook, And studied dark decrees in vain, The cross and Calv'ry makes them plain. , 2 Now they are struck with deep amaze, Each with his wings conceals his face: Now clap their sounding plumes, and " The wisdom of a Deity :" (cry, to Low they adore th' incarnate Son, And sing the glories he bath won Sing how he broke our iron chains, How deephe sunk, how higbhe reigns. 11 Triumph and reign, victorious Lord, By all thy flaming hosts ador'd; And say, dear Conqu'ror, say, how long Ere we shall rise to join their song. 12 Lo, from afar the promis'd day Shines with a well distinguish'd ray:; But my wing'd passion hardly bears These lengths of zlow delaying years. 13 Send down a chariot from above, Withfierywheels,andpav'dwith love; Raise me beyond th' ethereal blue, To sing and love as angels do. Looking Upward. 1 THEheavens'invite mine eye, The stars salute me round; Father, I blush, I mourn to lie Thus grov'ling on the ground. 2 My warmer spirits move, And make attempts to fly ; I wish aloud for wings of love To raise me swift and high. 3 Beyond those crystal vaults, And all their sparkling balls; They're but the porches to thy courts, And paintings on thy walls. 4 Vain world, farewell to you; Heav'n is my native air I bid my friends a short adieu, Impatient to be there. 5 lieel my powers releast From their old fleshy clod; Fair Guardian, bear me up in haste And set me near my God. 245 Q. 3
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