Now did thine arm, O God of Hofts, Brigades of angels lin'd the way, All Hallelujah, heavenly King; THE INCOMPREHENSIBLE. AR in the heavens my God retires, FAR My God, the mark of my defires, When he defcends within my view, He charms my reason to pursue But leaves it tir'd and fainting in th' unequal chace. Or if I reach unusual height Till near his prefence brought, There floods of glory check my flight, Cramp the bold pinions of my wit, And all untune my thought; *Plung'd Plung'd in a fea of light I roll, Where wifdom, juftice, mercy, fhines; Infinite rays in croffing lines Beat thick confufion on my fight, and overwhelm my foul, Come to my aid, ye fellow-minds, And help me reach the throne; (What fingle ftrength, in vain defigns, United force hath done; Thus worms may join, and grafp the poles, But the whole race of creature-fouls Stretch'd to their last extent of thought, plunge and are loft in thee. Great God, behold my reafon lies Faith fhall direct her humble flight, Through all the tracklefs feas of light, To Thee, th' Eternal Fair, the Infinite Unknown. DEATH AND ETERNITY. MY Y thoughts, that often mount the skies, Where nature in all ruin lies, And owns her fovereign, death. The tyrant, how he triumphs here! 7 Thefe Thefe fkulls, what ghaftly figures now! These are the heads we lately knew So beauteous and fo wife. But where the fouls, thofe deathlefs things, My thoughts, now ftretch out all your wings, O that unfathomable fea! Thofe deeps without a shore ! Thus muft we leave the banks of life, Vain are our groans, and dying ftrife, There we fhall swim in heavenly blifs, Some hearty friend shall drop his tear On our dry bones, and fay, "Thefe once were ftrong, as mine appear, Thus fhall our mouldering members teach For duft and ashes loudest preach Man's infinite concern. A Sight A SIGHT of HEAVEN in SICKNESS. FT have I fat in secret fighs, OF To feel my flesh decay, Then groan'd aloud with frighted eyes, But I forbid my forrows now, Faith almost changes into fight, While from afar she spies, Her fair inheritance, in light Above created skies.. Had but the prison walls been strong, But now the everlasting hills And fomething of the joy the feels The The fhines of heaven rush fweetly in At all the gaping flaws: Vifions of endless blifs are seen; And native air fhe draws. O may these walls ftand tottering ftill, If I muft here in darkness dwell, Or rather let this flesh decay, Till glad to fee th' enlarged way, THE UNIVERSAL HALLELUJAH. Pfalm cxlviii. Paraphras'd. PRAISE ye the Lord with joyful tongue, Jefus the Man fhall lead the fong, The God inspire the tune. Gabriel, and all th' immortal choir Shine to his praife, ye crystal skies, Or veil your little twinkling eyes Thou |