LYRIC POEMS.: G Sweet was the journey to the sky, The wondrous prophet:hy'd ; [die, "Climb up the mount," says God, and The prophet climb'd and dy'd. 7 Softly his fainting head he lay Upon his Maker's breast, His Maker kiss'd his soul away, And laid his fleshto rest. s In God's own arms he left the breath That God's own Spirit gave His was the noblest road to death, And histhe sweetest grave. Long for his Return. o O 'TWAS a mournful parting day " Fárewel, my spouse," he said ; (How tedious, Lord, is thy delay How Jong my love has stay'd ! ) s Faréwel: at once he leftthe ground, And climb'd his Father's sky: Lord, I would tempt thy chariot down, Or leap to thee on high. 3 Round the creation wide I rove, And search the globe in vain ; [love There's nothing here that's worth my Till than return again. 4 My passions fly to seek their King, And send their groans abroad, They beat the air with heavy wing, And mourn an absent God S With inward pain my heart- strings My soul dissolves away ; [sound, Dear Sov'reign, whirl the seasons round And bring the promis'd'day. Ifope in Darkness, i YET, Gracious God, Yet will I seek thy smiling face ; What tho' a short eclipse his beauties shrowd And bar the influence of his rays, "ris but a morning vapour, or a sum- mer cloud t He is my Sun tiro' he refuse to shine ; Tho' for a moment he depart I dwell for ever on his heart, For ever he on mine. 'Early before the light arise I'll spring a thought away. to C,od; The passion of my heart and eyes Shall shout a thousand groans and sighs, A thousand glances strike the skies, The floor of his abode. R Dear Sov'reign,bearthyservantray; Bend the blue heav'ns, eternal King, Downwardthy chearfulgraces bring; Or shall I breathe in vain and pant my hours away ? ,Break, glorious brightness, throw the gloomy veil, R 269 Look how the armies of despair Aloft their sooty banners rear Round mypoor captive soul, and dare Pronounce me prisoner of hell. But thou, mysun,and thou,my shield, Wilt save me is the bloody field ; Break, glorious brightness, shoot one glimm'ring ray, One glance of thine creates a day, And drives the troops of bell away. 3 Happy the times, 'but als! the times are gone [grace When wondrous pow'r and radiant Round the tall arches of the temple [shone, And mingled their victorious rays Sin, with all its ghastly train, Fled to the deeps of death again,'' And smiling triumph sat on ev'ryface: Our spirits, raptur'd with the sight, Were all devotion, all delight, And loud Hosannas sounded the Re- deemer's praise. Here could I say, (And point the place whereon I stood) Here I enjoy' a visit half the day From my descending God: I was regal'd with heav'nly fare, With fruit andmanna from above; Divinely sweet the blessings were While mine Emanuel was there: And o'er my head The conqueror spread The banter of his love. 4 Thenwhy my heart sunk down so low? Why do my eyes dissolve and flow, And hopeless nature mourn ?:, Review, my soul, those pleasing days, Read his unalterable grace Tlrro' the displeasure of his face, And wait a kind return. A father's love may raise a frown To chide the child, or prove the son, But love will ne'er destroy ; The hour of darkness is butshort, Faith be thy life, and patience thy sup. port, The morning brings the joy. Come, Lord Jesus. i WHEN shall thy lovely face be seen ? When shall pur eves behold our God? What lengths of distance lie between, And kills of guilt ? a heavy load I 2 Our months are ages of delay, And slowly every minute wears: Fly, winged time, and roll away 'Fhesetedious rounds of sluggish years. 3 Ye heav'nly gates,loose all your chains Let the eternal pillars bow; Blest Saviour,cleave the starry plains, And make the crystal mountains flow. 4 Hark, how thy saints unite their cries, And pray and wait the general doom; 2
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