LYRIC POEMS. 256 a Dwell there,'for ever dwell, my Love; Here I confine my sense ; Nor dare my wildest wishes rove Nor stir a thought from thence. Amidst thy glories and thy grace all my remnant - minutes pass; Grant, thou everlasting Fair, Grant my soul a mansion there: My soul aspires to see thy face Tho' life should for the vision pay;. So rivers run to meet the sea, And lose their nature in th' embrace. Thou art my Ocean, thou my God; In thee the passions of the mind Withjoys and freedom unconfin'd Exult,andspread their pow'rs abroad; Not all the glitt'ring things on high Can make my heav'n, if thou remove; I shall be tied and long to die; Life is a pain without thy love ; Who could ever bear to be Corot with immortality Among the stars, but far from thee.? Mutual Love stronger than Death. Angels with lofty honours crown his head ; [feel We bowing at his feet, by faith, may His distant influence, and confess his love. Once I beheld his face, when beams divine Broke from his eye-lids, and unlssual light Wrapt meat once in glory and surprise; Myjoyful hearthigh leaping in my breast With transport cry'd, ' This is the Christ of God ;" Then threw my arms around in sweet embrace, And clasp'd, and how'd adoring low, till l was lost in him. While he appears, no other charms can hold Ordrawmysoul,asjiam'd offormerthings, Which no remembrance now deserve or name, Tho' with contempt; best in oblivion hid. 1 NOT the rich worldof minds above But the bright shine and presence Can pay themighty debt of love soon withdrew; I owe to Christ my God : .1 sought him whom I love, but found With pangs which none but he could him not; [cries feel I felt his absence and with strongest He brought my guilty soul from hell Proelaim'd, "Where Jesus is not, all is Nut the first seraph's tongue can tell vain." Whether I hold him with a full delight, The value of his blood. Or seek him pantingwith extremedesire, a Kindly he seiz'd me in his arms, 'Tis he alone can please my wond'ring. From the false world's pernicious soul; charms To hold: or seek him is my only choice. Withforce divinely sweet. .. If he refrain on me to cast his eye Had I ten thousand lives my own, Down from his palace, nor my longing At his demand, soul With cheerful hand, With upward look can spy my dearest I'd pay the vital treasure down Lord In hourly tributes at his feet. Thro' Lis blue pavement, I'll behold hlm S But, Saviour, let me taste thy grace still With ev'ry fleeting breath; With sweet reflection on the peaceful And theo' that heav'n of pleasure pass cross, [deep, 1'o the cold arms of death: All in Lis blood and anguish groaning Then could lose successive souls Gasping and dying there-- - This sight I ne'er can lose ; by it I live i Fast as the minutes fly ; So billow after billow rolls A quick'ning virtue from his death in- Tokiss the shore and die. spied, Is life and breath to me, his flesh my The substance of the follosoin o food and many of the lines, were sent ne I His vital blood I drink, and hence my by an esteemed fiend,Mr. W. Noises, strength. with a desire that I should form them I live, I'm strong, and now eternal life into a Pindaric Ode; but. retained Beats quick within my breast, myvigor- his measures, lest I should too ,much ous mind, alter his sense. Spurns the dull earth, and on her fiery wings d Sight. of Christ. Reaches the mountof purposes divine, 1 Counsels of peace betwixt th' Almighty ANGELS of light, your God .and King Three debate surround, Conceiv'd at once, and sign'd without With noble songs; in his exalted flesh In perfect union of eh' eternal mind. He claims your worship; 'while his With vast amaze I see th' unfathom'd saints on earth, thoughts, Bless their Redeemer -God with humble Infinite schemes, and infinite designs tongues. Of God's ow nbeart,in which he everrests
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