Some drops of joy with draughts of ill between : Or death's unlovely, dreary, dark abode? Fain would I say, 'Forgive my foul offence!' ́ Again exalt the brute and sink the man ;- Who act so counter heavenly mercy's plan? Who sin so oft have mourn'd, yet to temptation ran ? O Thou, great Governor of all below! If I may dare a lifted eye to Thee, Thy nod can make the tempest cease to blow, To rule their torrent in th' allowed line: O, aid me with thy help, Omnipotence Divine! LYING AT A REVEREND FRIEND'S HOUSE ONE NIGHT, THE AUTHOR LEFT THE FOLLOWING VERSES, IN THE ROOM WHERE HE SLEPT. I. O THOU dread Pow'r, who reign'st above! When for this scene of peace and love, The hoary sire-the mortal stroke, To bless his little filial flock, And show what good men are. III. She, who her lovely offspring eyes IV. Their hope, their stay, their darling youth, Bless him, thou God of love and truth, Ꮋ Ꮞ . V. The beauteous, seraph sister-band, Thou know'st the snares on ev'ry hand, VI.. When soon or late they reach that coast, THE FIRST PSALM. THE man, in life wherever plac'd, Who walks not in the wicked's way, Nor from the seat of scornful pride But with humility and awe Still walks before his Gon. That man shall flourish like the trees But he whose blossom buds in guilt. And, like the rootless stubble, tost For why? that God the good adore A PRAYER, Under the PRESSURE OF VIOLENT ANGUISH. O THOU Great Being! what thou art Surpasses me to know: Yet sure I am, that known to thee Are all thy works below. Thy creature here before thee stands, Yet sure those ills that wring my soul Sure thou, Almighty, canst not act , free my weary eyes from tears, But if I must afflicted be, To suit some wise design; Then man my soul with firm resolves, THE FIRST SIX VERSE OF THE NINETIETH PSALM O THOU, the first, the greatest Friend Whose strong right hand has ever been Before the mountains heav'd their heads- Arose at thy command; That pow'r which rais'd and still upholds This universal frame, Was ever still the same. Those mighty periods of years Which seem to us so vast, Appear no more before thy sight: Than yesterday that's past. Thou giv'st the word: Thy creature, man, Is to existence brought : Again thou say'st, Ye sons of men, |