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By the Rev. SAMUEL HAYES, M. A.
LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.A
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Sic fata Deúm rex
Sortitur, volvitque vices, is vertitur ordo.
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7. Chevallier, Vice-Chancellor.
P.S. Goddard, Maſter of Clare-Hall.
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HOM ſhall the Muſe, glowing with fervent zeal
To trace the watchful care of Providence,
And vindicate his myſtic ways, whom ſhall
The pious Mufe invoke? Not you, ye Nine,
Whom Grecian Bards have fabled from the fount
Of Caſtaly, and from the boaſted topel
Of Helicon, to deal poëtic firewall
To the enraptur'd votary – Nor thee,
O Delphian Phoebus, fam'd in ancient times
To ſolve thy ſuppliant's doubts, and from thy fane
Diſcloſe the ſcenes of dark futurity:
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Such
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P R O P H E CY:
Such aid it ill becomes the ſacred Muſe
To aſk, if ye could grant O King ſupreme,
Infinite Being, thou who didſt of old
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To thy anointed Delegates reveal
The ſecret volume of myſterious fate,
O all-ſufficient Pow'r, do thou direct
Th' aſpiring lay! 'Tis thine, and thine alone
To animate the Muſe to heav'nly themes:
Though weak her wonted ſtrains, if thou but deign'ft
To give thy potent aid, ſhe yet may ſoar
To heights ſublime, unfold thy myſtic paths,
And from the records of old Prophecy, MOET
Confound the froward arrogance of Man.
Quba row olyan dolgo
When the almighty Fiat, from the gloom
Of Chaos drawn to light had now arrang’de mon
The jarring feeds, the laſt, the moſt ſublime
Of all his works was Man call’d forth; to him
The ſovereign Word gave empire o'er the whole:
And left a life without the genial aid ko
Of ſocial intercourſe ſhould barren prove
Of real joys, a Partner he beſtow'd,
Whoſe
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Whoſe milder converſe and endearing love
Might chear the lonely hour : Their bleſt retreat
Was Eden's groves. “ Of all the trees, fave that
66 Which in the midſt exalts its head, 'tis your's
" To taſte; but if the interdicted fruit
“ Ye dare to touch, the deed devotes ye
both
66 Victims to death :" Said that creative Voice
Which form’d the ſpacious globe. --O happy Pair,
Lords of fair Eden’s blooming range, where Earth,
Benignant Parent, from her verdant lap
Spontaneous pour’d immortal ſweets, and gave
Whate’er could miniſter delight! Too foon,
Alas! this ſcene was clos’d: Behold them now,
(So lately rich in happineſs, and bleſt
With converſe of the living God) o’erwhelm’d
In miſery, and tortur’d by the ſtings
Of conſcious guilt -- The day in which ye
dare
" To taſte, dooms ye to death.” — Like the dire voice
Of thunder to benighted Travellers, founds
The awful fentence: Heav'n's avenging Judge
Deſcends, and ratifies his word: Yet ſtill,
Though rebel guilt calls down dread vengeance, God,
In
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P R O P H E CY:
In mercy as in juſtice infinite, as shevngo mobile low
Acts not like tyrant Man array'd in pow'r: 169rio srigiM M
Celeſtial juſtice dooms the erring Pairyotg e'mol as
To death, yet, 'midſt the terrors of the doom,
Coeleſtial mercy fends a comforter idolse
To chear the wounded mind, and diffipate oj goch
Exile's dark gloom: Though ſentenc'd Adam ſtand:
To forfeit Eden's bow’rs, to have the ground of not
Accurs’d, by daily labour to provide best to me
For life's ſupport; Though Eve be doom'd to feel
The ſorrows of conception, brightning hope
Allays the ſharpnefs of their fate: affurdo issW
The * Woman's feed ſhould bruiſe the ferpent's head,
They better can fuftain the load: 'Twas this
Prophetic declaration, that their falls to loves dhe
Should be aveng’d, which in the trying hour
Of anguiſh could alone avert deſpair.
Hence paſs we on to that accurſed
age,
When ſin with giant ſtride through all the world
Triumphant ſtalk'd: Chain'd in the ſervile bonds
Of fell iniquity, degen’rate Man
то
* Gen. iii. 15.
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To Idols bent the proſtituted knee.
By Heav'n's command th' accumulated waves
Of Ocean burſt their limits, o'er the face
Of the wide Earth rolls the avenging flood,
And in it's gulph o’erwhelmeth all, ſave thoſe
Whoſe hearts amidſt the univerſal lapſe
Untainted ſtand: Them God preſerves, reſtores,
And having reſcued, thus declares, “ No more
“ For human fins the ground ſhall be accurs’d.”
Hence Men, by theſe vindictive judgments warn’d,
For
many ages walk'd upright, nor ſwerv’d
From piety's ſtrait path. In all that time,
That golden time, no word of Prophecy
Was giv’n. — But ſee! again Idolatry delig
Erects it's head profane; rebellious Man
In impious error plung'd revolts: Here God,
To reinſtate religion, to call back
The alienated heart, once more renews
His faving Oracles: † The Son of Terah
Led by celeſtial auſpices, from Ur, Isot 'HT
Chaldean Ur, the feat of Idols, bends
His unwilling ſteps: Tho'round him num'rous tribes,
Sworn
* Abraham.
* Gen. viii. 21.
6 PR орны су:
Sworn foes to Heav'n's dread Ruler, pitch their tents,
No wayward doubts, nor coward fear appal en 18
The Patriarch's foul: By the bright hope fuſtain'd
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That in his feed all nations ſhould be bleſt, wo 20
Calm and unmov’d the delegated Seeriglugesin but
Submiſſive bends to the eternal will. may sari slon /
When Ifrael's fons in Egypt dwelt, what timc binigay
Temptations numberleſs affaild their faith, givind brA
To cheriſh this immortal hope, and arm
The breaſt againſt the hand of tyrant pow’i,
Thus Jacob with his dying voice pronounc'd:
*“ The Sceptre ne’er from Judah ſhall depart,
“ Nor a Lawgiver from between his feet,
66 Till Shiloh come.” abiting
What hope of this remains
To Ifrael? Pharaoh gives the dire decree,
That ev'ry Male of Hebrew born, to death
Should be conſign’d: But who can counteract
Th'eternal will? What mortal arm oppoſe
Th’immutable decree of God? + Thermutis
Now
Gen. xlix. 10.
+ The name given by Jofephus to Pharaoh's Daughter.
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Now reſcues Amram's ſon, and for her own
Adopts himn. Spurning the nefarious Court ist
And all it's wanton pomp, he rather chofen
With his own people to endure diſtreſs,
And bondage, than be haild adopted Son
Of Egypt's crown. –- Why ſhould I here recite
The judgements of offended Heav'n pour’d forth
Upon the head of Pharaoh? How the waves,
Aw'd by the rod of Moſes, overwhelm’d
Proud Egypt's marſhalld legions. — Ifrael's Sons, ,
Beneath the guidance of the Lord of Hofts
Secure, to Cantan's promis'd fields direct
Their ſteps; yet ever and anon the ſoul,
Revolting from it's due allegiance, dares
In diſcontented murmurings arraign
The Acts of Providence: With wond'rous pow'r
Endu’d, oft Mofes calms the factious crew,
And leads them to their faith: Him 'bove the reſt
Jehovah favors, unto him declares,
*“ A Prophet ’mongſt thy Brethren will I raiſe
" In pow'r miraculous like thee; To him
“ Shall all the people with attentive ears AUDRA
“ Incline,
* Deut. xviii. 18.
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" Incline, for from his ſacred mouth my words, wo
" My hallow'd dictates ſhall proceed: Whoe’eroba
“ Unmindful of my works by him achiev'de boA
" Or ſwolln with contumacy, diſregards
My gracious precepts, him with ruin direbrandora
«Will I extirpate."
66
Onward as we traced
God's oracles, Redemption is the point
To which they all converge. When ſtrong in faith,
And fir'd with holy zeal to vindicates
Heav’n’s violated honors, Jeffe's Son
Undaunted fought th'embattl'd ranks, then fell
Philiſtia’s glory; He, who had defied
The armies of the living God, the tow'r,
The bulwark of the vaunting foe, o’erthrown
By the weak arm of a derided Youth,
Fell proftrate on the earth. Avenging Heav'n.
Rais'd David to the throne; nor left him thus
Without a future hope to calm the hour toisella
Of death, but gave his never failing word,
That from the root of Jeffe there ſhould ſpring
Perpetual
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
Perpetual Empire: *“When the ſtated years on botA
“Of life are paſs’d, and in the filent tombols Tort
« Thou with thy Fathers reſt, (Jehovah ſaid) Free to
" Thy ſeed will I exalt, and on thy throneous Boa
66 In glory ſtabliſh it: My mercy ne'erg no A
- From thee will I withdraw; thy kingdom, fix'd 10
Upon a baſe which neither pow'r can ſhake, loot
“ Nor rolling years fubvert, ſhall ever ſtand.” 18. stola
O Goodneſs infinite! What could ye leſs,
Ye choſen race, than raiſe to Heav'n alone
The choral Hymn? What lefs, than unto him,
Whoſe gracious Oracles had thus pronounc'd
You heirs of ſuch fupreme, immortal bleſſings,
All honor, praiſe and majeſty aſcribe? erat
Yet the obdurate heart, of the rich gift of more
Unmindful, ſpurn’d the giver, and ingrated
to
Rejected Heav'n's exalted love. The tribes, HD
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Ordain’d by God, funk in Idolatry,
| On ev'ry hill, and under ev'ry tree
Vain images erect: To Baal then,
And
2 Sam. vii. 12, 15, & 16.
opo 2 Kings xvii. 10.
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And anger terrible, Jehovah roſe, see I lliw Last IT!
And on their guilty heads ſhot forth the ſhaftstol n 53
Of final ruin, gave them up a prey
To foreign Spoilers. *With dread terrors arm’d,
Stern Shalmanefer pours his num’rous hoftslot 10
O'er Ifrael's fertile plains; Samaria's walls
Three years retard the Monarch's courſe: At length,
Degen’rate Iſrael (Whom in former days stadero y
The Lord their God had brought with pow'rful hand
And outſtretch'd arm from Egypt's coaſts,) beneath
Affyrian bondage bow'd. The rebel tribes
By hoſtile chains oppreſs’d, and captive led
From their own native realms, no more return'di JoY
To taſte the ſweets of Liberty: Far off
In Halah and in Habor by the ſtream of the Best
Of Gozan, and amongſt the tyrant Medės,leos
Vengeance had doom'd them to perpetual bonds.
For Judah's Sons far other fates remain'd:
They captive led, to Babylonian pow'r cev
Were
* 2 Kings xvii. 3.
of 2 Kings xvii, 6. jim
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by which
Were ſlaves indeed, but not for ever doom'd
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To bear the galling yoke: When ſeventy years
(The term by Heav’n aſſign’d) had laps'd, that race
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* Redeem'd by Cyrus, (whoſe anointed arm,
Iſaiah had foretold, ſhould blaſt the pow'r
Of tyrant Babylon, and from the throne
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Hurl her † idolatrous Prince) to Canaan's fields,
Their long loſt heritage, return; there build
A votive temple, and there ſtill a tribe,
A ſeparate People they remain, till Rome
In final ruin Solyma overthrow. --
Doſt thou, O Sceptic, fay, all this was caus’d
The captious Infidel ſolves ev'ry doubt,
Solves each event, when his perverted mind
I
Dares blindly diſavow the real cauſe?
But if in this award thou own'ſt the hand
Of Heav'n, as ſure thou muſt, ſhould ſerious thought
Have ought of influence, tell me whence this Tribe
Above the other exiles ſtood abfoly’d?
Was it that they with purer ardor fir'd
Stood from pollution free amongſt the reſt?
This
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* Iſaiah xlv.
of Belſhazzar.
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:
This could not be – Read — Their own annals ſearch,
And tell, if ought thou find'ſt in them of good
To challenge ſuch regard! Not they themſelves ont);
Were fam'd for holy worſhip, for more zeal
Renown'd, than thoſe ill-fated tribes whom Heav'n
To endleſs baniſhment conſign'd. Why then
This partial favor ſhewn to them? Once more
The ſacred records ſearch, read there the cauſe:
“ The Sceptre ne'er from Judah ſhall depart,
“ Nor a Lawgiver from between his feet,
66 Till Shiloh come.” Here ſolve thou ev'ry doubt,
Nor impious call in chance. The bleffed feed
Had been to Judah promis’d — to preſerve
That word inviolate, when Heav'n had doom'd
The other Tribes to everlaſting bonds,
Th’almighty King from ſervitude redeem'd
The Sons of Judah, bade them back return
To Canaan's plains, 'till the predicted time
Should come, when Prophecy ſhould be fulfilld,
And all the nations of the earth be bleſt.
Amidſt the dark’ning gloom of adverſe fate,
The ſcoffs, the triumphs of inſulting Foes,
Where
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Where was thy refuge, Faith? In thoſe drear times,
When Iſrael bent beneath the ſervile yoke
abonete
Of heathen Tyrants, when Jehovah's felf,
(Whoſe tutelary arm ſo oft of old
Confounded regal pride, and through the ſtorms
Of formidable war, in ſafety led
The conquering bands) when he throughout their tribes
Pourd forth the terrors of o’erwhelming wrath,
And drove them into exile, from what ſource
Did comfort ſpring? Amidſt th' involving gloom
A purer ray ſhot forth. The hallow'd page
Peruſe, ſee there unfolded to the view
In brighteſt characters, each circumſtance
Of that long-promis'd ſeed, to whom all nations
Should bleſſings owe. “Wrapt into future times," ?
The glowing Bards unfold Meſſiah's reign:
The time, the place of his aufpicious birth,
His wondrous works, the ſuff’rings he ſhould bear
To reinſtate apoſtate Man, were all
In the enraptur’d Prophet's viſions ſhewn.
Though all around diſtreſs, and bonds appear’d,
Triumphant Faith by theſe immortal hopes
Exalted,
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PR O P H E CY:
Exalted, brav'd the ſtorm, and calm amidſt
Surrounding evils, ſuppliant and reſign’d
Look'd forward to Redemption's glorious dawn. 10
Theſe were the ends of Prophecy, * that fure do
And ſtable word, to guide the devious ſtep
In truth's bewilder'd path, to raiſe the foul
Above external ills; that guardian ray
Sent from on high, amidſt the gloom to ſhine,
And light defponding Men, 'till the day dawn'd,
And the Day-Star aroſe within their hearts.
When inſpiration by the Prophet's voice
Had open’d to the world the future Scene
Of its falvation, and moſt clearly mark'd
The coming of that Pow'r, whoſe works on Earth
Should from primæval fin abfolve the foul,
E’er many years had paſs’d away, the Gift
Of Prophecy was loft: O Proof beyond
A doubt, that ev'ry Oracle of old
To the ſame centre tended, and that all
The promiſes to God's ſelected race
Through
2 Pet. i. 19.
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Through ev'ry age, receiv'd the ſtamp of truth
In the appearance of the bleſſed Seed,
ſtill filent pace;
At length the time, the hallow'd time comes on,
Salvation's æra; the rude din of arms
Reſounds no more. Thy temple, Janus, fhut,
At his bleft coming who had been proclaim’d
* The Prince of Peace; thro' all the conſcious World
Auſpicious Peace her bleſſing ſpreads : Nor comes
The hallow'd time in a ſtill filent
Not Paleſtine alone expectant waits
The grand event, in ev'ry diſtant clime
The mind by heav'nly Oracles inform’d,
Looks forward to the riſing of a Sun,
Whoſe genial beams thro' the whole world ſhould ſhed
Benignant influence. Rome, imperial Rome,
Then the acknowledg’d Miſtreſs of the globe,
+ Hearing that Nature's ſelf ſhould now bring forth
A ſov’reign King with inward terror ſhakes :
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aiah ix. On boo diriwang onder de maneira
+ Auctor eſt Julius Marathus, ante paucos quàm nafceretur menſes, prodi-
gium Romæ factum publicè, quo denuntiabatur regem pop. Rom. Naturam
parturire ; Senatum exterritum cenfuiſſe ne quis illo anno genitus educaretur.
Sueton; in Vita Auguſti.
* Iſaiah ix. 6.
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P R O P H E C Y:
The Senate trembling for the Roman name,
donde
For th’Empire's ſafety, conſtitute decrees, songs
That each Male born that year to inſtant death
Should be conſign'd. Theſe were thy awful works,
O Pow'r ſupreme, that he whom thou didſt call ciusvita
By thy prophetic * Servant, the deſire on
Of ev'ry nation, might in glory riſe, discoiled ei
The wonder, and the bleſſing of the world.nition
He is the ſaving, the avenging Seed
Foretold to Adam, who ſhould bruiſe the head d enten
Of the inſidious Serpent; He that Seed suhted
Promisd to faithful Abraham, from whom
On ev'ry nation bleſſings ſhould defcend: td with a
He is the Star, that ſhould from Jacob come,
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The Sceptre which from Iſrael ſhould ariſe,
And over Moab's haughty Princes ſpreadni donngired
The judgments of celeſtial wrath: The Son Post
To righteous David promis’d, He whoſe thrones-H
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Who ſhould from Sion riſe to endleſs pow'r.
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To light the lamp of hope in darker times,
Are perfected; now Iſrael's empire ſhakes,
The Sceptre now from Judah's houſe departs.
*Ethereal Omens, Harbingers of woe,
And dread deſtruction, ſcare the troubled minds
Of Iſrael's Sons: High o’er the City walls
Gleams a portentous Sword. Thro' twice fix moons
In the perturbed air a Comet flames,
And from its “ fiery treffes” ſcatters War,
Famine, and Peſtilence. When gloomy night
Spreads darkneſs o'er the ſilent earth, around
The Altar and the Temple, (clear as are
Th' unclouded beams which ſouthern Phoebus darts)
A radiant light breaks forth.
Embattld Hofts,
And adverſe Chariots marſhalld in the Clouds,
Spread wide the horrors of impending fate.
Such were the Heralds of celeſtial wrath,
+ That wrath, which God of old by Amram's Son
Declar'd, ſhould ſweeping o'er Judea’s plains
Level her tow'ring bulwarks in the duſt,
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* See the account of theſe prodigies in Jofephus, Bell. Jud.
of Deut. xxviii.
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PROPHECY:
Raze her fenc'd Cities, and from Eaſt to Weſt
Scatter her alienated Sons: E’en now be fooliotor
Exterminating War begins the work: one IT
See where the Roman cohorts, Miniſters Olsen
Of wrath, and utter vengeance, on each ſide boob baA
Encompaſs Solyma's devoted walls; : 2002 L 10
Avenging Titus leads them on: In vain on
Oppofing walls and tow'rs reſiſt, in vain durant
The Jewiſh bands, enflam'd with furious zeal
To ſave their city, ruſh admidſt the war,
Reſolv'd on Death or Conqueſt; nought retards
The torrent of the Roman force; Heav'n nerves
The arm uplifted,'gainſt th’ apoftate crew. buolons en
* Lo! through the golden window caſt, a brand A
Within the temple’s venerable pile
Kindles deſtructive flames, with rapid courſe
Through ev'ry part ſweeps the reſiſtleſs fire: uw doua
The glittring fanes, the burniſh'd altars deck'd
With gold, and bright with oriental gems,
Sink in the conq’ring flames. No more the Jews
Heroic deeds attempt; the all for which
They dar'd oppoſe the Roman arm, was now
In
* See Jofephus.
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In everlaſting ruins ſunk. What words,
O Solyma, can paint thy woes! Here ware
Its thouſands flays, wide-waſting famine there
Spreads equal horror. To the mountains flee,
Ye alienated Sons of Iſrael, hide, il bl doen
In ſecret caverns hide your perjur'd heads!
Thrice happy they, whom never child did hail
With a fond mother's name! For lo! at hand
The Roman Eagle ſcents his prey, and flaps
His gloomy wing; from the defenceleſs arms
Of the poor Parent torn, the trembling babe
By ruthleſs hands is ’midſt the ruins hurld.
Nor ſex nor age is ſpar’d; inued to deeds
Of death, the raging Victors through the ſtreets
Crimfon'd with native blood ruſh on. And laſt,
* The hoſtile Plough (that not the ſmalleſt trace
Of ancient grandeur may ſurvive the war)
From its foundations whatſoe'er remains
brenib c 2 do
Of
* This was done by order of Titus, whence our Saviour's prediction was
literally accompliſhed.
According to Jofephus, Bell. Jud. Titus ordered his Soldiers to raze both the
whole City and the Temple; and the fame Hiſtorian adds, that they who razed.
the City, ſo levelled it, that no one would afterwards have believed that it had
ever been inhabited.
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P R O P H E CY:
Of Temple or of City razes, not
One ſtone is left that on another reſts.
O where is now that People, who of old,
Protected by the arm of Heav'n's dread Lord,
O’er regions of Idolatry pour’d forth no borro
Their marſhall’d bands, and on the necks of Kings
Set their triumphant foot? That Empire where,
Whoſe ſplendid glories from the ſea-girt Shores
* Of fouthern Araby, to Sion brought
The beauteous Princeſs? Utterly o’erthrown:
Not e’en a veftige now ſurvives to tell
Th’ enquiring Traveller, where ſtood thoſe walls,
The wonder of the world. That People once
So fam'd, whom God himſelf vouchſaf'd to call
His choſen race, and with a guardian hand
Deign’d to protect, from Paleſtine exild,
In ev'ry corner of the Earth, like Cain,
Are doom'd to wander; although ſcatter'd thus
Through all the Globe, there is no clime which they
Can call their own, no Country where their laws
Hold
* This is what is meant by the uttermoſt parts of the earth in Matth. xii. 42.
Tacitus ſays, Terra, finefque, quæ ad orientem vergunt, Arabiâ terminantur.
Many ſuppoſe that ſhe came from Arabia Felix, which borders upon the
Ocean to the South.
)
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Hold fov'reign rule: Irrefragable Proof,
That ev'ry Oracle of holy writ
Was giv’n by Heav'n itſelf! * The wand'ring Tribes
Through the whole Earth this evidence diffuſe,
That Chriſt was that predicted Seed, who ſhould
A fallen world in heav’n’s loſt heritage
Triumphant reinſtate, and conqueror
O’er the dread empire of dethroned deather bonn
Bring life and immortality to light.
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Here then, O Sceptic, whoſoe'er thou art,
Loft in the maze of error, and buoy'd up
By vain conceit, who impious dar'ſt traduce
The myſteries of Providence, arraign raicena
Heav’n’s high decrees, and with o’erweening wit
Deny Redemption's bleſſed Lord, attend,
Nor deem the Mufe’s labours light; though weak
Her numbers, yet the truths which ſhe imparts
Are grav'd on living adamant, and ſtamp’d
With God's immortal ſignet. O attend!
Diſcard each narrow prejudice thy mind
May have before imbib'd! The ſacred page
With
* See the Spectator, No. 495.
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P R O P H E C Y, &c. .
With calm attention ſcan! If on thy ſoul, DIG
As thou doſt read, a ray of purer light no reve AT
Break in, O check it not, give it full ſcope! vigas W
Admitted it will break the clouds, which long
Have dimm'd thy fight, and lead thee, 'till at laſt der
Conviction, like the Sun's meridian beams, Lola A
Illuminate thy mind: For be aſſurd,
Though dark and intricate the ways of God ab grit noo
May ſeem to the unſearching eye, if thou bus storia
But ſearch, (O ’tis a ſubject which demands
Moſt ſerious Meditation's folemn pauſe; non si
On it is built the ſtructure of Redemption to
To thee, to all the world,) If thou but ſearch vis ya
With contemplation due, the rays of truth isyan ett
Will diſſipate the gloom, and pour upon the
Thy long bewilder'd ſenſe a flood of day; mebel yoga,
Will reconcile each jarring doubt thy breaſt inneb nous
Harbour'd, and open to th' awaken’d ſoul to
do
A ſyſtem of unbounded love to Man.ivil no DSTOPIA
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CONTOH *
P R A YER:
A
Ρ Ο Ε
M.
By the Rev. S AMUEL HAY ES, M. A.
LATE FELLOW OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE.
Fle&titur iratus voce precante Deus:-- Ovid. Faſt.
Εύχης δικαίας εκ ανήκοος Θεός. . MENANDER.
CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by J. ARCHDEACON Printer to the UNIVERSITY;
For T. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; J. Dodslex, in Pall-Mall, J. ROBSON & Co. in New Bond.ſtreet,
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M. DCC. LXXVII.
V the Year 1777, to SAMUEL HAYES, M. A. for his Poem
A Clauſe of Mr. SEATON's Will,
Dated OE7.8. 1738.
1
Give
my Kiſlingbury Eſtate to the Univerſity of Cambridge for ever: the Rents of
which ſhall be diſpoſed of yearly by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, as he the
Vice-Chancellor, the Maſter of Clare-Hall, and the Greek Profeſor for the time being,
or any two of them ſhall agree. Which three perfons aforeſaid ſhall give out a Subject,
which SubjeEt ſhall for the firſt year be one or other of the Perfections or Attributes of
the Supreme Being, and ſo the ſucceeding Years, till the Subject is exhauſted; and after-
wards the Subject ſhall be either Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, Purity of Heart,
&c. or whatever elſe may be judged by the Vice-Chancellor, Maſter of Clare-Hall, and
Greek Profeſſor, to be moſt conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and recommen-
dation of Virtue. And they ſhall yearly diſpoſe of the Rent of the above Eſtate to that
Maſter of Arts, whoſe Poem on the Subje&t given ſhall be beſt approved by them. Which
Poem I ordain to be always in Engliſh, and to be printed; the expence of which ſhall be
deducted out of the product of the Eſtate, and the reſidue given as a reward for the
Compoſer of the Poem, or Ode, or Copy of Verſes..
E the underwritten, do aſſign Mr. SEATON's Reward for
on PRAYER; and direct the ſaid Poem to be printed according
to the Tenor of the Will.
OEZ. 24.
1777
7. Chevallier, Vice-Chancellor.
P.S. Goddard, Maſter of Clare-Hall.
PRAY E R.
THERIAL Spirit, Miniſter of Peace
And Bliſs eternal, thou by whom inſpir’d,
Beyond the gloomy Portals of the
grave
The Soul looks forward, and o'er dreary death
Triumphant ſoars, with animating light
My breaſt illumine, ev'ry grov’ling luft,
Slave to the fordid cares of life, expel!
While the Muſe ſings the hallow'd force of Pray’r;
Pray’r at whoſe humble voice Mercy deſcends
From Heav’n, and o'er the penitential heart
Rent by the agonizing pangs of guilt,
Spreads the ſoft bleſſings of internal peace.
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Could
PRA Y ER:
Could Man (the rankling feeds of vice deſtroy’d)
That purity attain, which he poffefs’d,
When incontaminate from infant earth
He ſprang into exiſtence, Virtue might
Bold and undaunted to her God appeal,
And from the dread tribunal of her Judge
Claim immortality's coeleſtial crown:
But who alas! in all the various realms
Of this extended Univerſe, can boaſt
An heart, within whoſe ſecret folds no Sin
Its reſidence hath ever fix’d? Beſide us
Thouſands, on our right hand ten thouſands fall;
What Mortal ’midſt the univerſal wreck
Can ſtand unſhaken? Adam's foul revolt
From the primæval law, on all his Sons,
Through ev'ry age the fad inheritance
Of Sin and Death entaild: Though thus we roam,
From Eden's never-fading Paradiſe
Expell’d, ſupernal vengeance hath not doom'd
The fallen race of Man to the dank tomb
An everlaſting Victim: From the Eaſt
The
A PO E M.
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The Star of Mercy ſhines, and through the ſhades
Of darkneſs pours Redemption's promis'd light.
O thou almighty, ſelf-exiſting King
Of Nature's wide domains, what can we leſs,
We whom thy outſtretch'd arm avenging ſnatch'd
From the Tartarean Gulph, than to the throne
Of thy unbounded Love, with pious faith
For ever conſecrate the reſcu'd Soul?
Nor think, ye Sons of faſhionable vice,
Ye, who by folly's airy charms allurid,
From virtue and religion devious ſwerve,
Think not, th’ ætherial manſions hold a God,
Like earthly Kings, deaf to the plaintive ſighs
Of martyr'd innocence, or ignorant
Where the dark Villain lurks! No ſecret cave
Nor gloom of midnight can from him, whoſe
Through all creation inſtantaneous darts,
Veil the nefarious deed. O proſtrate then
(For who can tell how oft the wayward fleſh
To Sin inclines?) with humble penitence
Work out your own Salvation, from above
Suppliant
eye
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Suppliant conciliate that all-pow'rful aid,
That Mercy which alone preſerves, redeems!
But hence, far hence be oftentatious pomp
And Superſtition's tinſel glare, ordain’d
By Rome’s imperial Pontiff! What avails
The ſplendid Temple, decorated Shrine;
What all the pageantry of labour'd art?
Can God's pervading Eye, like the frail ſenſe
Of Mortals, be deluded by the guiſe
Of outward beauty? The all-feeing Pow'r,
(To whom each ſecret, from the human view
Remov’d, lies open) fanctifies alone
The off’ring of a contrite heart. Far too
From fupplication let o’erweening pride,
Offspring of ignorance and blind ſelf-love,
Be abfent. Shall aſpiring Man, who holds
The tenure of his life from Heav'n, ſhall he,
Who to a bounteous God indebted ſtands
For all the comforts miniſter'd below,
Dare to that God in the preſuming tone
Of arrogance appeal? Shall his vain tongue
Blazon
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Blazon his virtues in imperious phraſe,
And from Omnipotence dare claim rewards
As his unalienable right? If Heav'n
Did in the balance of ſtrict juſtice weigh
Th’iniquity of Men, who could abide
Its judgment? Did not Mercy temper wrath,
Eternal ruin would o’erwhelm Mankind.
What then remains, but that the guilty heart,
Conſcious of Sin, by penitence and faith
Th’ oblation offer up Religion claims?
Yet froward Man, though the pure word of Chriſt
Darts forth coeleſtial light, by error drawn
From the illuminated path of truth,
Eccentrick ſtrays. Some ſpurn the ſober laws
Of reaſon, and by wild enthuſiaſm fir’d,
In ſtrains of frantick raptures to their God
Pour Oriſons: Some, their deluded Minds
Harrow'd by penal terrors, in the gulph
Of black deſpair are whelm’d; no ray of hope
Diſpels th’involving gloom; a Deity
With all the thunder of dread vengeance round him,
Ready to launch th' extirminating bolt,
Is
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PRAY ER:
Is ever preſent to their tortur'd thoughts.
Deep in the Convent's ſolitary cell
View the fequefter'd Hermit! Hard his bed,
And coarſe his ſcanty viands: From the World
Exild, from all the foothing blandiſhments
Of ſocial life eſtrang’d, he never knew
Th’endearing tranſports of connubial love,
Ne’er gloried in a Parent's tender name.
While o’er the earth nocturnal darkneſs reigns,
And wearied Nature lofts all her cares
In the ſoft arms of ſleep, at midnight ſounds
The Convent's warning bell: Lo! from his reſt
Summon'd, the Hermit to the awful ſhrine
Directs his languid ſteps; on the cold ſtone
With bent knee celebrates the ſtated rites.
Is this Religion? Doſt thou, gracious Lord
Of everlaſting Mercy, from thy Sons
Exact ſuch pennance? Deeply in our frame
Thou, Nature, haft a ſtrong deſire infix'd
Of ſocial intercourſe, haft giv'n affections
Suſceptible of all the tender claims
Of Sympathy and Love. — Doth it become us
T'abjure
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T'abjure Society, and by a Vow,
Falſely pronounc'd religious, ſwear to lead
A Life of barren folitude, cut off
For ever from the ties which Nature forms
To humanize the World? Caſt round thine eye
Over the habitable Globe, enrich'd
By bounteous Providence! In ev'ry clime,
Like a kind Parent, the productive Earth
With laviſh hand to all her progeny
Imparts perpetual bleſſings: Ingrate Man
Rejects the proffer'd good; within the walls
Of ſome monaſtick priſon pent, he flies
The world, and though around him Providence
Amply diſtribute his exhauſtleſs ſtores,
Alien to his extended love, he lives
An interdicted wretch, as if dire fate
Had doom'd him ’midſt a deſart's barren waſte
To abject want. Is this a Sacrifice
Which God exacts? Can he, who all beſtows
For comfort and for uſe, impofe a law
To fanctify rejection of his gifts?
Though Heav'n in pray’r delight, no pray’rs can pleaſe
Eternal
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P R A YE :
Eternal juſtice, which from the broad line
Of charity eſtrange Mankind, fubvert
The publick good, and, gloomy Tyrants, reigns
Deſpotick over Nature's focial ties.
Nor yet in rigid Solitude alone
Doth Man, in Error's labyrinth involv’d,
Wander from Heav'n: Like the deteſted tribe
Of ancient Phariſees, beneath the maſk
Of clam'rous piety what numbers veil
Contaminated vicious hearts! How many
In the devoted temple of their God,
With hypocritick eye, from which the tear
Of penitential anguiſh ſeems to flow,
Pour forth their vows, and by affected zeal
Preeminent devotion boaſt; while vice
Within the guilty breaſt rankles unſeen.
Mark Claudius well, that Phariſaick Knave!
His actions in the venerable garb
Of Virtue dreſt, to the world's ſearching eye
Seem proof againſt all cenſure: Left his tongue
By
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By inadvertent levity betray'd
Should utter that which Slander's viperous arts
Might perſecute, well is th’ expreſſion ſcann'd
Ere language give it to the captious world.
Oft as loud rumour to his ear conveys
A tale of private woe, Claudius is firſt
To brand each action which brought on the ſcene
Of wretchedneſs; with elevated hands
And well-diffembled viſage, he arraigns
The abject Suff'rer, then with artful zeal
Thanks Heav'n who in its goodneſs gave to him
A Soul no adverſe accidents could ſhake,
Or
warp
from fair Religion's ſacred path.
Hence to thy chamber, and in ſecret there
Hold converſe with thyſelf! Doſt thou behold
A brother caught in the fallacious ſnares
Of Sin? His guilty hand perhaps hath dar'd
To dye itſelf in human blood; perhaps
Beneath the ſemblance of a guardian Friend
He hath deſpoild the Orphan of his right,
And driv’n him naked ’midſt th’ oppreſſive woes
Of an unfeeling world: From flagrant Crimes
B
Like
IO
PRAY ER:
Like theſe, thy conſcience, Claudius, is exempt:
Can that Authority on thee confer
To triumph in the defolating woe
Of other Mortals? Although thou art pure,
How can a right from thence on thee devolve
To caſt opprobrious taunts againſt the head
Of a fall’n Brother, and with impious pride
The province of Omnipotence uſurp?
Is this the law of Chriſt, that heav'nly law
Which from above deſcended to correct
The jarring paſſions, lead miſguided Man
To happineſs, and to his raptur’d view
The realms of immortality diſcloſe?
All terms of virulence, not thoſe alone
Which hafty anger vents, or ſuch as ſpring
From envy's burning fever, but e'en thoſe
Which enmity and war’s diſcordant rage
Engender 'tween oppoſing nations, ſtand
By the bleſt Founder of our faith condemn’d.
Thou own'ſt thyſelf a Chriſtian: O peruſe
The page of wond'rous love, to us pronounc'd
Our everlaſting guide! Mark well the terms
On
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
II
.
On which our final abſolution reſts!
Forgiveneſs ſuch as that which here on Earth
To others we impart, th’ ætherial Judge
Will unto us accord at the dread day
Of univerſal judgement: Theſe, my friend,
Theſe are the final terms. — Though thou condemn'ſt
The publick Villain, thou but little know'ſt
Why he apoſtate turn'd from Virtue’s path:
Neceſſity's all-pow'rful claim might preſs,
In bold defiance of his country's laws
Might tempt his troubled ſoul to frame a deed
Of heinous enterprize. Thou haſt not falln;
But ſtill remember that the ruthleſs ſtorm
Of black adverſity hath not affaild
Thy boaſted Honor. Wherefore ſhould'ſt thou claim
A Victor's meed, ere thou haſt met the foe,
And in the conflict nobly prov'd thyſelf
Arm’d againſt all aſſaults? O to that Pow'r,
Who, under the bleſt ſhadow of his wing,
Hath thus preſerv’d thee from the tempting ſnare,
To him the tribute of perpetual praiſe,
And adoration's off’ring ſuppliant bring!
All-
B 2
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PR AY ER:
All-pow’rful is the penitential figh
Of true contrition; like the placid wreaths
Of incenſe, wafted from the righteous ſhrine
Where Abel miniſter'd, to the bleſt ſeat
Of Mercy, an accepted Sacrifice
Humiliation's conſcious plaint aſcends.
But ſoft! who's that, borne through the gazing ſtreet
In pompous luxury? Such princely ſtate
Beſpeaks high birth. That's Verres, once a name
Unknown and undiſtinguiſh'd in the rolls
Of Heraldry, 'till Fortune (who delights
To call her Minions from the loweſt ſtate
Of poverty, and on the pinnacle
Of opulence place her unworthy Sons)
Calld Verres from paternal indigence,
And pointed to the Eaſt. He, late return'd
From where the Ganges laves the golden ſhore,
Triumphs in all the pride of Eaſtern
pomp,
In all the tyrant infolence of wealth.
Intent alone where Syren pleaſure fpreads
Her faſcinating blandiſhments, or where
The penſion’d ſtrains of adulating Knaves
Grateful
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Grateful reſound, and to his raviſh'd ear
The glories of his own great name recount,
He’s loft to ev'ry other thought, fave thoſe
Miniſtring preſent eaſe. O dire effect
Of opulence, which deadens ev'ry ſenſe
Of Virtue and Religion! Turn thine eye,
Deluded Verres, to the dreadful ſcroll
Black with the catalogue of num’rous crimes, and broka
Which thy aſpiring foul by riches fir’d
Fram'd in far diſtant realms! Think'ſt thou the day
Will never come, when vengeance ſhall o’ertake
Guilt unaton'd? Think'ſt thou the Judge above,
Whoſe eye fills the wide Univerſe, whoſe arm
Nought can controul, for ever will remain
A calm ſupine Spectator of theſe ſcenes,
Nor on the head of guilty Mortals launch
Th’avenging thunder? Though with tardy ſtep
Coeleſtial Juſtice come, that ſtep is ſure,
Unerring is her bolt, and where it falls
Eternal will the ruin be. Thou deem'ſt
Thyſelf fecure; Fortune on ev'ry ſide
With laviſh hand ſhow’rs down her choiceſt gifts:
Propitious
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PRA Y ER:
Propitious to thy wiſh the gliding hours to
Lead thee to new delights; around thee throng
Obſequious Vaffals; they with ſupple knees of Moldo
And proftrate body foothing incenſe bring
To cheriſh pamper'd pride. What follows thence?
Extend theſe bleſſings far beyond the date
Of mortal life; be thine a Patriarch's days;
And through the lengthen’d term let not a guſt
Of adverſe Fortune ruffle the ſmooth face
Of pleaſure's lenient ſtream! Still muſt thou die:
Nay more, the time when fate ſhall call thee hence
Impenetrable gloom conceals: E’en now
Perhaps, while round thee bliſs unchequer'd ſmiles,
While ſeated at the feſtive board thou giv'ſt
The reins to wanton mirth, intruſive Death
May doom thee to the grave; O then exalt
Thy tutor'd thoughts! Conſider ev'ry hour
Of life, each moment, as an interval
On which eternal Happineſs depends!
Let the rememb’rance of thy former crimes
Strike terror to thy foul! Like the dread words
Which harrow'd Babylon's preſumptuous Kin
With
: APO E M.
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With fear and wonder, ’midſt the clam'rous Crew,
And the looſe revels of licentious mirth,
Let it the diſſipated mind arreſt!
Thy guilt, although 'tis deep as is the dye
Of bluſhing ſcarlet, penitential tears
Will render white as Snow; the odious ſtains
By pray’r and adoration blotted out,
Thou wilt perceive regenerated faith
To thine abfolved Soul new life impart:
O'er this vain world triumphant, o'er the pow'r
Of death and the dank
grave
victorious borne,
To immortality thou ſhalt aſcend.
All-gracious Heav'n, who ’midſt terreſtrial ſtorms,
And Life's oppreſſive evils, haft diſclos’d
A ſacred path, which to th’ empyreal Realms
Of endlefs bliſs the erring ſtep conducts;
O thou all-gracious Pow'r, with guardian light
Illuminate thy Suppliant's Soul! If e’er
By meretricious pleaſure captive led,
From thy commands I dare to ſwerve, to guilt
If e'er this alienated heart betray'da
Cancel fair Virtue’s laws, or abrogate
The
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PRA Y ER:
The bonds which Nature forms 'twixt Man and Man
For publick good, thy tutelary arm
Stretch forth from Mercy's ſeat, arreſt the thought
Which ſtrays from thee, and to the clouded Eye
Of conſcience bring reflection's glaſs! Inſpire
Th’admoniſh'd heart, by fupplicating pray’rs
(The fole atonement left) to deprecate
Thy kindled wrath! O in that awful day,
When the Archangel's trump ſhall pierce the vault
Of Heav'n, when noted in th' eternal Book
All acts ſhall be arraign’d, how will the Wretch,
Spotted with unatoned crimes, appear
Before the dread Tribunal? pale diſmay
Confounds the rebel Hoft: They who through life
By Conſcience and Religion's warning voice
Unmov’d, their proſtituted hearts reſign'd
To Sin, with the keen horrors of remorſe
And anguiſh rent, call on the lofty hills
To cover their apoſtate heads. Alas!
Too late contrition comes: The doom is paft.
Conſign’d to torture in the drear abyſs,
Where with rage unremitted ever flames
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The penal fire, down the ſulphureous gulph
Coeleſtial judgment whelms the trembling Crew.
Lo! on the other ſide the chofen Heirs
Of everlaſting bliſs appear. Though oft
Beneath the bondage of enſlaving Sin
They bow'd, contrition's undiffembling tears
Have waſh'd away all ſtains, and made their Souls
Fit Candidates for Heav'n's immortal joys.
Such are the bleſt effects of Pray’r, whoſe voice
Can draw down mercy from the throne of God,
And to the manſions of eternal reſt
The wounded Spirit waft. — Should adverſe fate
Her quiver on his wretched head exhauſt,
Should the malignant ſcorn of pamper'd pride,
Inſult and ſharp necefſity attend
His ſteps, while under his neglected roof
A wife and infant
progeny, involv'd
In all the dread calamities of want,
Pour forth to him their unavailing plaints;
The ſuppliant Chriſtian thus of all bereft
Which miniſters terreſtrial joys, by pray’r
To that high Pow'r addreſt who can alone
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Allay the furious ſtorm, within his breaſt
Receives the facred calm: Firm on this rock, in
Though on each fide adverſity's black furge
May beat, the pious Soul undaunted views
The deſolating tempeft, confident serbned to itsamaa
That Faith, through all the horrors of diſtreſs, od
Safe to the port of everlaſting peace
Can guide the ſhatter'd bark. - Nor yet alone
To the contracted ſphere of private bliſs
Confin'd, all-pow'rful Pray’r the gen’ral good word)
In the dread day of danger can ſecure. en ondoA
O read, the everliving page exploreda halowowote
Of ſacred annals, (for the Lord himſelf ino movies to
Hath ſtamp'd them with the adamantine ſeal bleed
Of righteous truth) in them recorded ſtand, besuo
The terrors of his overwhelming wrath, in egoitza
The gracious wonders of unbounded Love. bos oliv
The Sons of Iſrael, though Jehovah's arm och en
So oft had ſnatch'd them from the yawning gulph 109
Of ruin, vile apoftates from their God ono
Revolt; yet ever as the wounded heart
By miſery o’erwhelm’d, to Heav’n pours forth
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Contrition's undiſſembled pray’r, again
The Lord of mercy diffipates the clouds
Of dark diſtreſs, and with the genial beams
Of his bleſt favor fooths the fuff’ring Soul.
F'en Nature's ſelf obeys the potent voice
Of Supplication, from her wonted courſe
Turning miraculous: The refluent waves
Forget to flow, and ſtand on either ſide
Like ſolid walls: Lo! from the ſtony rock
In copious ſtreams the living waters guſh
To ſlake the parching thirſt: When famine reigns
Through the dread wilderneſs, Heav'n opens wide
Its facred doors, and from above rains down
Coeleſtial food. – Why need the Muſe recount,
How when triumphant Joſhua pray’d, the Sun
And Moon, 'till then erratick, in their orbs
Stood motionleſs, while Ifrael's Sons purſu'd
The routed Foe? Or how the ſuppliant zealach bara
Of * Judah's pious King prevaild, what time
Through proud Sennacherib’s blafpheming Hoſts
Th’avenging Angel of deſtruction, arm’davo
With dread Jehovah's ſword, terrifick paſs’d, Wort
And
* Hezekiah.
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And mark'd his way in blood? — Let Man peruſe
The volume of coeleſtial truth! Each page
In characters indelible proclaims
Th’ unbounded mercy of creation’s Lord.
When ſtern oppreffion with her iron rod
Cancels the rights of Freedom; through the Land
When the offended Majeſty of Heav'n
Scatters vindictive bolts; if adverſe War,
Pouring forth marſhall’d Legions, bow the neck
To Deſpotiſm, or with contagious ſtep
If Peſtilence and Famine ſpread around
Dire devaſtation, ’midſt theſe publick ills
The voice of true contrition never pours
An unavailing Pray’r; to penitence
The gates of Mercy ever ſtand unbarrd:
Not e'en humility's moſt ſecret figh
Is ſpurn’d by him who tries the very reins,
And ſcans the import of each latent thought.
Ye Sons of Britain, ye degen’rate Sans
Of virtuous Sires, in your own Annals mark,
How oft when foreign Tyrants ’gainſt theſe ſhores
Bent
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Bent their united Pow’rs, the guardian arm
Of Heav'n cruſh'd Albion's Foes! How oft, when Rome
By regal terrors arm’d, within this Iſle
Erected Superſtition's gloomy Throne,
High Heav'n look'd down benignant from above,
Difpellid dark night, and from the ſhackled mind
Tore off the yoke! Forgetful what we owe,
Like Iſrael's contumacious race, from God
Revolting, long have Britain's Sons to Sin
And foul Apoſtacy their ingrate Souls
Reſign'd. Will heav'nly Juſtice ever reſt
Neglectful and fupine? E'en now the work
Of Retribution hath commenc'd: Beyond
Th’ Atlantick Deep founds the terrifick blaſt
Of War; o'er the extenſive waves, where late
Commerce her peaceful fails unfurld, from whence
To Albion's harbours the rich Veſſel, fraught
With varied ſtores, ſecurely ſhap'd her courſe,
There now the Cannon's thund'ring mouth proclaims
The hoſtile note: Wide through thy ravag'd plains,
America, thoſe plains where the mild bond
Of amity and love fraternal join'd
United
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United hearts, lo! War's grim fury ſtalks
Scart'ring the ſeeds of ruthleſs diſcord - Theſe,
Eternal Father, theſe are Miniſters
Of thy avenging wrath: Conſcious of guilt
We bow ſubmiſſive to the ſtroke, and own
The terrors of thy ſentence juft: Yet deign,
Whene'er, in true humility, to thee
Thy People turn repentant, deign from Heav'n
Thy dwelling place, benignant to receive
Their humble pray’rs! O God of Battles, hear!
For at thy voice old Ocean's turbid waves
Are huſh'd in gentle peace; thou Pow'r ſupreme,
Calm the wild ſtorms of civil ftrife; the rage
Of fave.ge enmity, which abrogates
Propinquities endearing ties, allay!
O may the happy æra foon arrive,
When the rude clangor of diſcordant arms
Subſiding, mutual Love ſhall reunite
Our jarring Hofts! From that auſpicious day,
No more let mad Ambition's tow’ring pride
Diffolve the ſocial bond, nor the dark arts
Of factious Demagogués, beneath the maſk
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Of Liberty, engender civil hate!
In one indiffoluble union join’d,
Hence may thy Sons, America, and thine,
Britannia, to remoteſt times tranſmit
Their blended Honors! Ne’er may either bend
The proſtituted knee at the mean Shrine
Of ſervile intreſt, never know a wiſh,
Save what, with patriotick Zeal inſpir’d,
Springs from the gen'rous flame of publick good!
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Lately publiſhed by the fame Author,
DUELLING: The Prize Poem for the Year 1775.
PROPHECY: The Prize Poem for the Year 1776,
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M.
Vitam
Spes fovet, et melius cras fore, femper ait.
TIBULLUS, Lib. II. Eleg. 6.
BY THE
Rev. SAMUEL HAY ES, M. A.
OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND USHER OF
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.
CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by J. ARCHDEACON Printer to the UNIVERSITY;
For J. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; J. Dodslev, in Pall Mall, W. Ginger, in College Street,
Weſtminſter, J. Walter, at Charing-croſs, G. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard,
and F. KNIGHT, in St. James's Street, London.
MDCCLXXXIII.
A Clauſe of Mr. SEATON's Will,
Dated Oet. 8, 1738.
I
Give
my Kiſlingbury Eſtate to the Univerſity of Cambridge for ever: the Rents of
which ſhall be diſpoſed of yearly by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, as he the
Vice-Chancellor, the Maſter of Clare-Hall, and the Greek Profeſſor for the time being,
or any two of them ſhall agree. Which three perſons aforeſaid ſhall give out a Sub-
ject, which Subject ſhall for the firſt Year be one or other of the Perfections or Attri-
butes of the Supreme Being, and ſo the ſucceeding Years, till the Subject is exhauſted;
and afterwards the Subject ſhall be either Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, Purity
of Heart, &c. or whatever elſe may be judged by the Vice-Chancellor, Maſter of Clare-
Hall, and Greek Profeſſor, to be moſt conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and
recommendation of Virtue. And they ſhall yearly diſpoſe of the Rent of the above Eſtate
to that Maſter of Arts, whoſe Poem on the Subject given ſhall be beſt approved by them.
Which Poem I ordain to be always in Engliſh, and to be printed; the expence of
which ſhall be deducted out of the product of the Eſtate, and the reſidue given as a re-
ward for the Compoſer of the Poem, or Ode, or Copy of Verſes.
WE
E, the underwritten, do aſſign Mr. SEATON's Reward
for the Year 1783, to SAMUEL HAYES, M. A. for his
Poem on HOPE; and direct the ſaid Poem to be printed accord-
ing to the Tenor of the Will.
Oft. 28,
1783
R. Beadon, Vice-Chancellor.
W. Cooke, Greek Profeffor.
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I.
TENCE, the light numbers of the venal lay! —
Numbers, which wealth, or rank, alone inſpire;
Hence too the ſtrain, which, with voluptuous ſway,
Lights in the breaſt the flame of looſe deſire!
No trivial ſubject now invokes the Muſe, irisg o']
Some Hero's martial proweſs to rehearſe;
Or, urg’d by intereſt's contracted views, bdw zagot
To bring the tribute of obſequious verſe. IT
Nor here ſhall Satire, ſwoln with envious rage, Taglia
Vent it’s malignant gall, and ſtain the purer page. bra
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HENCE,
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II.
Be ſuch unhallow'd ſtrains to thoſe confin’d,
To thoſe alone, whoſe adulating lays,
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(Reflecting mirrors of the ſervile mind)
As fortune points, award the wreath of praiſe !
Let ſuch, the nobler objects of the ſoul
Renounce, the rays of virtue's fire diſclaim!
Let them, by pointed wit, the world control,
And ſeize the prize of opulence and fame!
Poor is the prize, which wealth and fame impart,
While ſcrutinizing conſcience rends the inmoſt heart.
III.
Far hence be baniſh'd ſuch licentious ſtrains! IT
$10 A grander theme awakes the Poet's fire;
A theme, whoſe purer argument diſdains rls oot sonoH
The low ſuggeſtions earth-born cares inſpire.
To paint Seraphick Hope's benignant pow'r, Isiviri on
The youthful Muſe aſpires on trembling wing:
Hope, which can, e’en in forrow's gloomy hour,
Th' aſſuaging balm of confolation bring: T
Diſpel the clouds, which darken all the view, ter 2011
And in the languid breaſt th' exhaufted ſtrength renew.
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IV.
High on a rock, whoſe elevated brown O Tolv om
Frowns o’er the deep, the Goddefs takes her ſtand;
From her blanch'd robes, which, pure as ether, flow,
The rays of animating light expand; it yet
And while around the cliff's exalted pile, biwori forrit
The turbid waves in angry Phalanx form, s
She views, with reſignation's placid ſmile, oqmi bisont
Th' accumulated horrors of the ſtorm. ib o't
Tho’ ſeas on ſeas in mingled fury roll, mifsilib Obra
Firm, and unſhaken, reſts the purpoſe of her foul.sol
V.
O fay, throughout life's complicated maze, rit ng's joy
Where winding paths the dubious ſtep beguile,
Where rankling envy, foe of well-earn'd praiſe, i b'lix
In ambuſh lies, and plans th’ infidious wile; 2
Tho' dangers threat, in direſt form array'd, 1997 25 110
Whence draws the mind unconquerable force?
Whence, 'midſt oppoſing terrors undiſmay'd, met as 110
TIBW Holds the the tenor of her deſtin'd courſe? W
Hope ſmooths the way, levels the rugged height, 300H
And thro’ the thwarting ſhades difpenfes genial light:09
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Mark, where the exild Wretch, the toiling ſlave, slih
eone (So dooms the mandate of deſpotick pow'r).
Impriſon’d deep within the gloomy cave, asid horl oH
Digs from earth's greedy womb the fordid ore.
Thro' the wide labyrinth of drear deſpair, 16 slidw br A
Damp vapors blaſt the wholeſome breath of day:
Around impervious darkneſs reigns, ſave where
The dim lamp ſheds it's folitary ray; oos 'T
And, O diſtracting thought! no Friend appears, ont
To calm the wounded breaſt, and footh it's poignant fear
VII.
Yet e’en the Wretch, to theſe dark caverns driv'n, o
To folitude, and daily toil, conſign’d, med
Exild from ev'ry benefit of Heav'n, no gainst otorW
Still feels a ray of comfort in his mind.
Oft as remembrance to the ſoul conveys 1990sborn
The long-loſt bleſſings of a happier fate; W
Oft as remembrance to the foul pourtrays impoW
What charms on friendſhip, what on freedom wait;
Hope chears the view, with low’ring clouds o’ercaſt, H
Points to the future ſcenes, and cancels all the paſt. nA
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Hark!
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VIII.
Hark! The deep thunder rends the trembling pole; d)
The livid light’ning darts athwart the clouds;
White breaks the ſurge, and dread the billows roll, boA
While the winds whiſtle thro' the ſhiver'd ſhrouds.
Preſt by the horror of impending woes, Torloni flhim
With folded arms, behold the Sailor ſtand!
O’er the wild waves his ſtraining eye he throws, het
In eager ſearch of hoſpitable land.odt oT
In vain he looks around — No land is nigh
No land is nigh - lood
No friendly port, alas! relieves the anxious eye.
IX.
Anon his Comrades call. - Rouz’d at th' alarm, is ng
He ſtarts, and joins the perſevering Crew;
Puts forth the vigor of his manly arm, odigd borio
And braces ev'ry languid nerve anew. 01
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Nor art, nor labor, can deſtruction check:
Triumphant o'er the found'ring veſſel's fides, visoka
The chaf’d ſea breaks, and whelms the crouded deck.
* Some few eſcape; They, to Heav’n’s will reſign’d,
Seize the light trembling boat, and truſt the ſtormy wind.
M * See Captain Inglefield's narrative of the loſs of the Centaur.
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Convulſive famine ſtalks, and writhes the haggard face.
X.
Thro' the fwoln billows of th’ Atlantick deep T AEH
They drive, obedient to the current's force;
And while around them threatning tempeſts ſweep, 7
bu Nor chart, nor compaſs, guide their perilous courſe.
Amidſt the horrors of the tedious night, od ad editori
From the Moon's ſhrouded orb no luſtre darts ;
No glimm’ring Star, with tutelary light, lodo
To the ſtrain'd eye it's wonted aid imparts.
Chill cold benumbs the limbs: -- With rapid pace,
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XI.
E’en thus, though death, in varied form, aſſail, hond
Night after night, they ſtem the foaming waves :
Chear’d by the jocund ſong, and feſtive tale, mo'y
The dauntleſs ſpirit ev'ry danger braves. brzdy
Dear are the relatives of ſocial life,amblers lis nisy
Dear is Britannia's long-relinquiſh'd foil;
But dearer far, the claims of Son and Wife; quin D
... For them they brave th' extremity of toil. T
Theſe ſtrong ideas flatt'ring Hope ſuggeſt, whomo
Confirm the ſlacken'd nerves, and fire the drooping breaſt.
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Turn to yon Wretch! Deep in his wounded frame,
Deſpair hath fix'd her agonizing dart; 1520
Indignant pride, reluctant, timid ſhame,
Alternate ſeize, and rend, the throbbing heart.
He, when revolving years had ſtamp'd him Man, lo
When callid the ampler ſtage of life to tread,
With ev'ry pleaſing hope his courſe began, do OnA
And choiceſt bleſſings crown'd his favor'd head.
Smooth glides the Bark, fann'd by the buoyant gale: --
Voluptuous Zephyrs breathe, and fwell the wanton fail.
XIII.
At length, (fure end of riot's giddy round) w him
Adverſity begins her iron reign; nobrodle
Wide o’er the ſcene, fo late with pleaſures crown'd,
Grim penury leads forth her ruthleſs train.
Around the Miniſters of vengeance throng;
Contempt, and want, exert remorſeleſs pow'r.
Where's now the foothing ſtrain, and chearful ſong?
Where now, the troop, which haild his bliſsful hour?
All fled, like unſubſtantial ſhadows fled,
What time the Sun in clouds hides his effulgent head.
Abandon'd
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Abandon'd, and forlorn he ſtands; bereft Iov OJ MINT
Of all the relatives, which Man holds dear :
Not e'en a ray of conſolation left, or obrigas gibt!
Calamity's diſaſtrous path to chear. Siste:IA
O whither can he turn? --- To life's paſt ſcene, riw oh
Rich with the bounties of benignant fate? W
Anon the preſent horrors intervene, sale ya ve ruiw
And doubly aggravate the galling weight. 1A
Before him, a dark, dreary proſpect lies; abil sitooma
Dangers on dangers croud, terrors on terrors riſe.lv
XV.
Frantick with grief, he graſps the fatal ſteel, somol A
(Deſpondency's laſt refuge here below) vbA
And, deaf to injur’d Nature's ſtrong appeal, 19°o obi W
Now meditates the liberating blow. -
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Arreſts the ear, with more than mortal ſway? - -
In the dire criſis of deſpair, and ſhame, Wome stod
Athwart the clouds, Hope darts a genial ray;
Hope calls, and at her animating word,
oli [ſword.
The outſtretch'd arm is check’d, and drops the pointed
Alike,
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Alike, in all the ſcenes of life's wide ftage, 10 20 30
In all, directing Goddeſs, Hope preſides : 1
Whate’er purſuits the active mind engage,
She moves each ſpring, and ev'ry paſſion guides.
Whether, by fordid avarice inſpir’d,
Treaſure on treaſure we inſatiate heap;
Or, by ambition's brighter glories fir’d,
We climb fame's perilous, and craggy ſteep;
Thy ſpirit, Hope, in the rapt boſom ſwells;
Anticipates the bliſs, and ev'ry fear diſpels.
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XVII.
And
yet, alas! How fugitive, how vain
The Phantom, which deluded Man purſues !
How quickly paſt, is pleaſure's airy reign,
And mad ambition's elevated views!
Speak ye, who in the diſſipated round
Of luxury, and feſtive riot, glide:
Speak ye, whom fortune's laviſh hand hath crown'd,
With the gay pomp of wealth, and tow’ring pride!
Can opulence, can pomp's exalted ſtate,
Or pleaſure's feſtive ſong, arreſt the arm of fate?
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Whate’er or opulence, or rank, can boaſt, lista
Is limited to life's contracted ſpan; blir
Paſs but a few, few fleeting years, at moſt,
Lo! Death fubverts the viſionary plan. nude
But Hope, the brighteſt Miniſter of Heav'n, Tonton !!
Reſts on Religion's adamantine baſe;
To her a delegated pow'r is giv’n, d
Empire, uncircumſcrib’d by local ſpace.
Beyond earth's bounds, ſhe foars on outſtretch'd wing:
Wreſts from the grave it's victory, from death his ſting.
XIX.
Ingrate apoftacy, and foul revolt, woh
Apoſtacy from God's ſupreme command,
Draws down on Man the deſolating bolt,
And arms with terror Heav'n's avenging hand.
Exild from Paradiſe, that happy feat
Where ſpring eternal crown’d the teeming ſoil,
The guilty Pair, with ling’ring ſtep, retreat,
Heirs now of miſery, and ceaſeleſs toil.
Behind them, o'er their forfeit bow’rs diſplay'd, som
Wide thro’ the troubled air, flames the Cherubick blade.
O how
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O how can ye, immortal as ye were,
To whom the earth ſpontaneous treaſures gave,
Suſtain the galling weight of toil and care?
How ſilence the dread horrors of the grave?
Lo! in the midſt of Heav'n's predicted wrath,
Mercy vouchſafes to ſend a guiding ray;
Illuminates the long, and dreary path,
And ſooths the labor of the toilſome day.
The grand Seducer falls; - Man's exild race, como
From Satan's bonds abſolv'd, reſume their forfeit place.
XXI.
As the lone Pilgrim, whom the ſhades of night to
O’ertake, when near fome pathlefs foreſt’s fide;
As he, if chance he ſpy a diſtant light, or brun/
Braves ev'ry fear, and hails th' aufpicious guide:
Thus Adam, by the ſtar of mercy led,
Undaunted quits his interdicted bow'rs; W
Tho' doom'd the paths of wretchedneſs to tread, le
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The ſtår of mercy fooths the lonely hours.
Tho' death be doom’d, the animated heart, wordt
By Heav’n’s bleft promiſe rais’d, ſmiles at the mortal dart.
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Hence,
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XXII.
Hence, 'midſt the mazes of each future
age,
When myſtick Prophecies inform’d Mankind,
Hope's lenient aid could ev'ry ill aſſuage,
Relieve the faint, confirm the dubious mind.
Tho' Kings lead forth their Hofts in ftern array,
Tho' war her train of vengeful Furies wake;
No perils can Religion's Sons diſmay,
No menace virtue's dauntleſs fpirit ſhake.
Firm reſts the foul, amidſt the dungeon's gloom;
E’en unappalld in death, defies the Tyrant's doom.
XXIII.
Contemplate Job! On his devoted headsholdled
Satan exhauſts misfortune's baneful train;
Around the Miniſters of rapine ſpread, uste dieren
And deſolation blaſts the fertile plain.
Sudden th’ impetuous Whirlwind ſweeps along, sud
Wreſting the lordly manſion from it's baſe;
And, 'midſt the chorus of the genial ſong, mood for!
In ruin whelms the Father's wretched race.
View him thus falln! “ Fall’n from his high eſtate!"
The mark of pointed ſcorn, the outcaſt prey of fate!
Nor
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XXIV.
Nor yet alone, howe'er ſevere the ſtroke,
External ills the troubled ſpirits preſs:
The weight of poverty’s diſaſtrous yoke,
eng Contempt, and deftitution's bleak diſtreſs :
On the cold ground the bleeding ſuff’rer lies,
Victim of fell diſeaſe, and writhing pain;
From limb to limb the waſting fever flies, de nou
asig Shoots thro’the nerve, and racks the throbbing vein.
View him thus falln! in life's firſt wiſhes croſt;
Each bleſſing from him ſnatch'd, and ev'ry comfort loft!
XXV.
Friendſhip, which ſhould, with ſympathetick aid,
With ſocial converſe, lighten mis’ry's weight:
Friendſhip, throws double gloom on ev'ry ſhade,
stot. And ſharper points the ſhafts of adverſe fate.
E’en She, by rites of holy marriage bound,
wc Calamity's fore burthen to remove;
To ſooth and mitigate the rankling wound, og
By the ſoft blandiſhments of faithful love;
E’en She, dire fate! bids him Heav’n’s King defy:
Bids him all feälty abjure, curſe God, and die.
In
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XXVI.
In complicated woe o’erwhelm'd at length, os torok
Patience no more th' oppreffive load fuftains;
The ſoul, bereft of Nature's foft'ring ſtrength,
Queſtions Heav'n's will, and God's award arraigns.
“ Periſh the day, perifh the fatal hour,"blos oli no
He cries, “ when firſt theſe eyes beheld the light!
“ From that untimely moment, Satan's pow'r mor
“ Hath curs’d each dawning day, each clofing night.
“ Hear me, 0 Death! this weary foul releaſe! ---
“ 'Tis thine, and thine alone, to ſhed the balm of peace.--
XXVII.
“ But hence, Deſpair! Hence, with thy rueful train!
“ Be ev'ry froward murmur hence ſuppreſt!
“ Man ftill, though doom'd affliction to ſuſtain, ont's
66 Heav'n's firſt, and deareſt object, ſtands confeft.
" I feel, (awaken’d Job exclaims) I feeld
My lab'ring breaſt with new-born comfort glow.---
Religion makes her eloquent appeal, has sooloT
" And counteracts misfortune's ſharpeſt woe.
" Her better hopes, o'er the dark pow'rs of death
Triumphant, animate the fick, and fainting breath.
66
" My
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XXVIII.
My bleft Redeemer lives --- In that laſt day, la
When, like the baſeleſs fabrick of a dream,'
66 Earth's unſubſtantial glories paſs away,
“ He then ſhall ſtand, acknowledg’d Lord ſupreme.
My bleft Redeemer lives. - Tho' death this head
Conſign, a victim to the filent tomb;
“ Tho'worms, around my lifeleſs body ſpread, [fume.
“ Tho' noiſome worms, theſe mould'ring limbs con-
" Triumphant ſtill o'er Satan's pow'r I riſe; [eyes.”
“
My God, my God appears, and wakes theſe languid
XXIX.
Could Hope, e’en in that dark, and diſtant
age,
The anguiſh of the tortur'd breaſt compoſe?
Diſeaſe in all it's threat’ning forms aſſuage,
And miniſter the balm of foft repoſe? dond
Could Hope, ſo long before that day appear’d,
The ära of Redemption to Mankind,
When truth's bright beams the realms of darkneſs cheard,
And purgʻd the miſts of error from the mind;
Could ſhe, e'en then, exalt the drooping foul,
Confirm it's trembling pow’rs, and every ill control?
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And ſhall we now, now while celeſtial light 9old 1 »
Pours forth the luſtre of unclouded day, 733
Still ſlumber in the darkſome vale of night, is no
Nor wake to greet the Evangelick ray? H=>
Shall we, tho' mercy to Man's guilty race i fuld
Glad tidings of felicity announce; to
Shall we, attach'd to life's contracted ſpace, how
Salvation's proffer'd heritage renounce?
Tho' Heirs of Heav'n, ſink in th’oblivious grave,
Like the prone, grov'ling Beaſt, inſtinct's obſequious ſlave?
XXXI.
Awake, ye Sons of Men! The hallow'd word
Contemplate, ſtamp'd with truth's immortal feal!
Mark, where the faithful Servants of their Lord,
Thro’ the wide world Heav'n's high beheſts reveal! -
Calamities from ev'ry quarter preſs;
Ten thouſand perils darken all the view;
Contempt, indignant hatred, fore diſtreſs,
And friendleſs indigence, their ſteps purſue.
Stern perfecution's arm, by pow'r maintain’d,
The ruthleſs ſword uplifts, with Martyrs' blood diſtain'd.
Firm
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XXXII.
Firm amidſt legions of ſurrounding foes,
With unremitted zeal, they hold their courſe :
Undaunted ’midſt oppreſſion's varied woes,
Defy Authority's vindictive force.
In vain the furious Bigot threats; in vain
The Sophiſt weaves the net of ſubtle art:
The Tyrant, ’midſt his adulating train,
Feels terror ſhake his agonizing heart;
E’en on his throne he trembles; Guilt and Shame
Fix deep their barbed ſhafts, and rend his coward frame.
XXXIII.
Behold the path which leads to endleſs life!
In this the Martyr trod, all pow'r withſtood;
Brav'd ev'ry danger in the mortal ſtrife,
And ratify'd his faith with ſacred blood.
At length, oppreſſion's ſanguinary hand
No more o'er Chriſtians holds vindictive fway;
No more the ruthleſs Tyrant's fell command
Conſigns to death his unreſiſting prey.
Yet e’en to us, from all theſe terrors freed,
Still the ſame Hope is giv’n, the fame reward decreed.
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Hail,
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XXXIV.
Hail, thou pure Inmate of the human breaſt!
Thou delegated Guide of Man, all hail!
The brighteſt Miniſter of joy and reſt,
And faireſt flow'r in life's bewilder'd vale!
O to thy ſuppliant's pray’r (ſuch Heav'n deſign'd
Thy office) to his pray’r propitious bend!
Confirm, and animate the trembling mind!
On thee he calls, Man's firſt, and firmeſt Friend.
Thy beams, amidſt the horrors of deſpair,
Diſperſe the gath'ring miſts, and purge the groffer air.
XXXV.
Or, ſhould the mild award of fate affign
The pomp, and dignity of earthly ſtate;
Should fortune, in one long unbroken line,
Bid pleaſure on her fav’rite Child await:
When wealth corrupts the alienated fenfe,
Or pleaſure’s bonds enthral the torpid foul,
O then thy falutary ſtrength difpenſe!
The faſcinating blandiſhment control!
Be thine the hallow'd taſk, immortal Guide,
To check vain arrogance, and curb o'erweening pride.
Approach,
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XXXVI.
Approach, in all thy radiant charms array’d;
The blooming charms of never-fading youth!
To the mind's eye, in pureſt light pourtray’d,
Hold up the tablature of living truth!
And when the Soul, the ſlave of low deſire,
Courts the fleet viſions of voluptuous mirth,
Teach it, from bondage reſcu'd, to aſpire
Beyond the narrow boundaries of earth,
To thoſe bright realms, where, free from all alloy, a
Exhauſtleſs comfort ſprings, and everlaſting joy.
XXXVII.
The World, in all its boaſted grandeur proud,
In all it's ſtores of dazzling ſplendor bright,
Is but a tranſient, unſubſtantial cloud,
Which the Sun ſkirts with momentary light:
Anon, th' affailing winds impetuous riſe,
Black low’rs the tempeſt in the fullen ſky;
Before the driving blaſt the viſion dies,
And all the vivid tints of fplendor fly:
Paſs but a moment, ev'ry ray
Nor e'en a veſtige left, where the bright glories ſhone.
And
is gone;
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XXXVIII.
And ſhall we, for this viſionary gleam,
Degen’rate ſwerve from Heav'n's immortal plan?
Give up, for vanity's light airy dream,
The nobler heritage reſerv'd for Man?
Tho'rocks their cragged heads in ambulh hide,
Tho' ſtorms and tempeſts ſweep the angry Main;
While Hope's fair ſtar ſhines forth auſpicious Guide,
E’en tempefts, ſtorms and rocks, oppoſe in vain.
Safe, 'midſt the Ocean's iterated force,
The ſacred Veffel ſhapes her Heav'n directed courſe. I

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During od Rev. SAMUEL HAY ES, M. A. miso I
OF TRINITY COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE, AND USHERIOPOOD
WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.
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TONTTOTT
CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by J. ARCHDEACON Printer to the UNIVERSITY;
For J. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, W. Ginger, in College Street,
Weſtminſter, J. Walter, at Charing-croſs, G. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard,
and F. KNIGHT, in St. James's Street, London.
MDCCLXXXIV.
ТИ О І Т А я 0
A Clauſe of Mr. SEATON's Will,
Dated O&t. 8, 1738.
I Give my Kiflingbury Eſtate to the Univerſity of Cambridge for ever: the Rents of
which ſhall be diſpoſed of yearly by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, as he the
Vice-Chancellor, the Maſter of Clare-Hall, and the Greek Profeſor for the time being,
or any two of them ſhall agree. Which three perfons aforeſaid Mall give out a Sub-
ject, which Subject ſhall for the firſt Year be one or other of the Perfe&tions or Attri-
butes of the Supreme Being, and ſo the ſucceeding Years, till the Subject is exhauſted;
and afterwards the Subject ſhall be either Death, Fudgment, Heaven, Hell, Purity
of Heart, &c. or whatever elfe may be judged by the Vice-Chancellor, Maſter of Clare-
Hall
, and Greek Profeſor, to be moſt conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and
recommendation of Virtue. And they ſhall yearly diſpoſe of the Rent of the above Eſtate
to that Maſter of Arts, whoſe Poem on the subject given ſhall be beſt approved by them.
Which Poem I ordain to be always in Engliſh, and to be printed; the expence of
which ſhall be deducted out of the product of the Eſtate, and the reſidue given as a re-
ward for the Compoſer of the Poem, or Ode, or Copy of Verſes.
E, the underwritten, do aſſign Mr. SEATON's Reward
for the Year 1784, to SAMUEL HAYES, M. A. for his
Poem on CREATION; and direct the ſaid Poem to be printed
according to the Tenor of the Will.
O&t. 142
7. Torkington, Vice-Chancellor.
W. Cooke, Greek Profeffor.
1784.
C R E A TI ON:
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AIL, everlaſting Pow'r! Thou, at whoſe word,
From the drear womb of indigeſted night,
Creation roſe, all hail! To Thee the Muſe,
Though weak her Lyre, and faint the trembling Chords,
This humble Off’ring brings, conſcious that Thou,
Unerring Searcher of the inmoſt Soul,
To the loud oriſons of froward pride,
The ſtill ſmall voice of gratitude preferr’ſt.
What though the Sons of pleaſure, liſtleſs Slaves
To Faſhion's arbitrary law, all ſtrains
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Deride,
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Deride, ſave thoſe which footh voluptuous luſt,
Or fix fell Satire's barb in the chaſte breaſt
Of bleeding Innocence; the ſacred Muſe,
On nobler ſubject bent, ſuch Themes diſclaims.
If as ſhe pours the Verſe, and vindicates
The ways of Providence, a ray of light
Dart on th' unconſcious breaſt, if only one,
Whom error hath ſeduc'd, or the dark arts
Of ſubtle infidelity enſnar’d;
If one alone, aw'd by the moral truth,
Feel ſtrong conviction from the clouded ſenſe
Diſpel the gloom, the Muſe's wiſh is crown’d.
Far dearer to the mind the rich reward, ravo CITAT
Thoſe pure ſenſations, which from conſcience fpring,
Than all the plaudits of a giddy World, lov notrend
And all the Gifts, which laviſh opulence also wegwort
Can on it's ſupple Paraſites beſtow.orno sidrandet
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O ſay, amidſt the varied Themes, from which, is on
Roaming on fancy's wing, the fertile Bard ss IM ONT
Culls the fair flow'rs of Poetry, fay which noch und
Can vie with that, whoſe nobler argument, acidson
Spurning
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Spurning the narrow boundaries of Earth,
To Heav'n exalts the comprehenſive Soul?
Such, Milton, were thy hallow'd ſtrains, ſublime,
Immortal Bard; Thou, in a looſer age,
When diffolute indecency, maintained
By regal patronage, uſurp'd the place
Of wit, Thou dar'dſt to break the ſhackling bonds
Of flippant Rhyme. The Muſe, at thy command,
Reſum'd her wreſted throne; became again
What ſhe had erſt appear’d in Greece and Rome,
When Genius ſprung from freedom's foſtring arms,
In Virtue, in Religion's purer paths,
The delegated Miniſter of Man.
Such the ſtrains, SEATON, which thy watchful zeal,
Shielding Religion to remoteſt times,
In honour of Jehovah's injur'd name
Bade flow from year to year. -- Wake then, my Soul!
In adoration wake! Let ev'ry ſenſe
Feel the ſtrong impulſe; let them all call forth
Their blended pow'rs, and chaunt the praiſe of Him,
To whom in Heav'n above, on Earth beneath,
To whom, e'en in the undiſcover'd depths
Of the wide fea, ſubjected Nature bows.
Whither
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CREATION:
Whither can the eye ſtretch, and not beholdinga
The wonders of eternal Wiſdom? Where
The mind, beyond the ſenſe’s groſſer ſphere ellora
Dilated, dart it's penetrating thoughts, fins cher
And not diſcern a God's pervading pow'r!
Ogromne
To Heav'n exalt thine eye! Lo! where the Sun
Emerging from the Eaſt, now faintly pours
Through the ſtreak’d Atmoſphere his glimm’ring rays:
Anon, like the fluſh'd Giant, whoſe firm limbs,
By wine refreſh’d, feel renovated ſtrength,
To the meridian point fublime he winds
His rapid march; and there, full-orb'd, array'd
In majeſty unclouded, darts on Earth
Effulgent beams. Hence down the flope of Heav'n
Precipitate he haſtens, till at length,
Glancing mild luſtre on the Weſtern wave,
ve of
He finks in night's embrace. Nor even then, ich
Chearleſs is this terreſtrial Globe. Though loft
The bright effulgence of the golden Sun,
Darkneſs profound ſhrouds not the face of things. Two
The ſilver Moon, erratic in her courſe,
Yet ever conſtant Satellite of Earth,
Supplies
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
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Supplies a Brother's place. With borrow'd light
From her pale orb ſhe flings a fofter gleam,
And cheers the brow of night. Thro’ th’arch of Heav'n
Diſpers’d, five other Planets round the Sun,
That vivid centre to which all converge,
Revolve harmonious. And from ev'ry part
Of yon ethereal vault, a countleſs hoſt EM
Of Stars, which twinkle through the gloomy void, ol
Diſpenſe their trembling light; o'er herb and tree,
And o’er the ſurface of the gleamy main,
Diffuſing influence mild. Stars which perhaps
In other ſyſtems form reſplendent Suns,
Round whom, by gravitation's pow'r reſtrain’d,
Attendant Planets roll. Perhaps there are
(For who can circumſcribe Omnipotence?)
Stars from whoſe diſtant orbs, to mortal eye,
Though aided by the aſtronomic glaſs,
No ray hath travelld yet. — But who ordain'd
Theſe radiant Bodies? Who from Chaos call'd
The Regent of the day? From the Eaſtern goal,
Through Heav’n’s wide circuit, in diurnal round
* See this idea ſuggeſted by Huygens,
Who
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C R E A TI ON:
Who bade him take his never-erring courſe? studia
Who form’d the Planets? Onward once impellid,
What potent arm arreſts them? Whence the laws
By which they to the centre gravitate, on
Still devious, yet irregularly true?
Who from th' abyſs of darkneſs calld the Stars,
Myriads of burning lamps, which, while dun night
Inveſts the dreary globe, with tremulous gems
Spangle the ſable canopy of Heav'n?
Trace we not here the wonder-working pow'rsat
Of an almighty arm? Trace we not here
Conſummate Wiſdom's marks? Can chance create, 155
Or having form’d, can indigefted chance,
Unerring in their proper orbits, keep
Theſe won'drous bodies? Globes, with which compar’d
This earthly Ball is as a grain of ſand
Upon the ſea-worn beach. Or ſhall we ſay,
(So fome, borne on preſumption's airy wing,
Reſolve the Queſtion) matter is uncreate,
Eternal, from itſelf alone exiſts;
And thus exiſting, the mixt atoms form’d
This univerſal frame. - Prepoſt'rous thought!
Sceptic,
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
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Sceptic, ſay matter were, e’en as thou think?ſt, er
Exiſtent of itſelf, could it producere de containing and
Conſummate ſymmetry? Could the mixt feeds plano
Of jarring atoms, by the wayward caſt
Of chance, their ſev'ral pow'rs in union blend, como
And hence, in nice arrangement marſhalld, formeel
Stupendous Syſtems? Syſtems in the whole, TE
As far as human thought can ſtretch, compleat?
Behold yon Fabric! It's component parts
Scan with an Artiſt's ſcrutinizing eye! jonqob od
Then ſay, from whence the beauteous ſtructure roſe,
Whence this harmonious order! Conſcious here,
That induſtry, by previous art diſpos’d, odt og ond
Rang’d the materials, and the Fabric form’d, beA
You praiſe the Architect's directing ſkill, slowl boA
Vain, ſhallow Fool! E'en in the ſmalleſt works boise
Of human art, thou ſee'ſt deſign, and own'ſt sa I
The happy efforts of an active hand :
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Yet in the greater works of Nature, works
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Which ſhould, with awe and veneration, ſtrike
The conſcious breaſt, and from the ſoul extort
Profoundeft homage, here no plan is found;
No
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No traces here thou ſee'ſt, which indicate
The guidance of preſiding ſenſe. By chance, in
Compleat 'as the ſtupendous ſtructure is,
The whole was order'd and arrang’d. By chance,
Harmonious as it's operations are, tolongan
It's complex operations, ſtill in its courſe
By liſtleſs chance the vaſt machine is kept.
Bloc mot de SDD
But hence theſe arrogant conceits, which wreſti
The Sceptre from Jehovah's ſacred graſp,
And to an unſubſtantial Phantom give
The attributes of Heav'n! Hence vain conceits,
Back to the Prince of darkneſs; him ye fuit,
And him alone, who by ambition fir'd,
And fwoln by contumacious pride, diſdain’dangoy
Subjection; from his adamantine throne, volio EV
Leagu'd with apoftate Angels, ſtrove to hurl
Creation's ever-living King! Shall Man,
By froward curioſity impell’d, OW Tieto or any
Arraign the myſtic ſchemes of Heav'n? Shall He,
Whoſe ſcanty knowledge cannot tell, from whence
The germinating blade extrudes it's ſhoot, boohoo
On
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
On vague conjecture raiſe the giant pile iba do Santo
Of Infidelity? Hence vain conceits !
Ill ſuit that Being ſuch aſpiring thoughts,
Who lives but on the mercies of his God.
Conſcious that all the good he now receives,
Flows from th’ Almighty's gracious hand, that all 2009
His eager wiſhes pant for, muſt deſcend
From the ſame all-providing ſource, be his sont bied
Submiſſive adoration! If the Heav'ns au sein T
Proclaim the greatneſs of their Lord, if Sun A
And Moon, and Hofts of glitt'ring Stars, which deck
The infinite expanſe, atteſt the pow'r, tomon one
The pow'r immenſe, which fram’d, and rules their orbs,
Not leſs unqueſtionable are the marks mest
Of his unbounded goodneſs here on Earth. ita .
Whate’er dependant Mortals need, whate’er,
Of comfort, uſe, or ornament, in Life
Their wants require, He like a Father gives, are
Nor gives with niggard hand. What to the eye,
Or taſte, can miniſter delight, his care
For Man provides. From her prolific womb
The teeming Earth abundance pours: He ſpeaks,
B.
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And lo! obedient to th' inſpiring voice,og HO
Luxuriant verdure crowns the ſmiling plain. ledning
Here, ſweet arrangement, variegated flow’rs NL
Their dewy beauties to the orient Sun
Unfold, and with their aromatic breath tolob
Perfume the paſſing winds. Some too there are, evolle
Which, fair and feemly in external form, 13990, en
Charm the admiring eye; taſted they chills or mord
The vital current, and with rapid ſweep obs gullimdoa
Arreſt the functions of the tainted heart. or misloml
Nor yet with froward charge deem Nature vain! bona
From noxious herbs, and many a pois’nous flow’rg HT
The Bee extracts the liquid dew, and thence, JE
Within the chambers of her waxen cell
Dom
Stows the rich harveſt of compounded ſweets.rur in 10
Thus from th' infectious ſhoot experience culls fordi
Benignant aid. Hence, when convulſive pangs
pangsing
Writhe the diſtorted limbs, and, oft invok’d, wed
Sleep flies the Suff’rer’s couch, the rending pain igno
Is lulld; o'er the tir'd ſenſes gently ſteals
Refreſhing flumber. Hence the ſluggiſh blood, sv Ton
When morbid humors taint the bloated frame,
Corrected
A PO E M.
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Corrected rolls a purer tide. And thus, benda
The noxious root, produce of Weſtern Illes,
Though mortal poiſon, the contagious juice
Extracted, miniſters ſuſtaining food.
At Heav'n's creative word, the lowly Shrub,
And tow’ring Tree ariſe. In lordly ſtate
The Cedar rears his elevated Head, zo baliona
And hides the honors of his trembling browser
E’en in the azure clouds. The regal Oak,
Deep in the Earth infix'd his tortuous root, aliig
With outſtretch'd arms to fainting Herds and Flocks
Diſpenſes grateful umbrage: While around
His limbs, in many a wild fantaſtic wreath,
The focial Ivy creeps, in awful pompa de che
He ſtands, and claims the Foreſt for his own. But
The mantling vine, delicious ſource of joy
To Man's dejected ſpirit, bends beneath to
The rich cærulean weight; with raptur'd eye
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Th’ exulting Swain beholds the cluſter'd branch,
The happy preſage of Autumnal wealth.oj od doma
And left the Sun, though vivid ſource of light, belog2
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* The Caſſada.
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Should,
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C R Ε Α Τ Ι Ο Ν:
Should, like a ſcroll, with unremitted heat or been
Shrivel the face of Nature, and lay waſte oor or
Creation's faireſt beauties, from the clouds of scort
The foſtring ſhow'r deſcends, and in the lap baBaix
Of vegetation genial influence pours.
Hence the ſcorch'd ſtem, which, languiſhing and faint,
Beneath it's load exhauſted ſunk, now feels
Reanimated life. Again erect
Th’invigorated flow'r it's leaf expands,
And gliſtens beauteous in the ſolar beam.nl cool
besediske
Nor leſs within the bowels of the Earth,
Thoſe cavities, where no enliv’ning ray
Darts from the orb of light, not lefs, e’en there, ol OHI
In characters indelible is ſtamp'd
The goodneſs of a bounteous God. Hence Man,
E’en from theſe regions of eternal night, osjebes On
Draws choiceſt bleſſings. When with icy ſtep 9T
Bleak Winter marches forth, and chilling blaſts
Benumb the torpid limb, from theſe dark ſeats
Supplied, Man braves the fury of the North, A
Nor heeds the ruthleſs Tyrant's icy fang.
Oft
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Oft too, within the gloomy mine conceald, bata
Exhauſtleſs treaſures lie. Here, deep intrench’d, ed
Lurks the rough Diamond; here the various gems, SH
Which, poliſh'd by the Artiſt's moulding hand, chuyu
Sooth the poor littleneſs of human pride, BudoA
And blaze reſplendent on imperial crowns. ogoretster /
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But not alone to Heav'n and earth confin’dsorius
The dread Creator's pow'r: Him fov’reign Lord seslo
The Ocean hails. Through all his azure realmslaglia
He tributary homage pays. Nor leſs
In the great deep, than here on Earth appears
The ſtamp of goodneſs. That which hath disjoind
The various regions of the earth, which ſeems that
To interdict all ſocial intercourfe, single
Proves the ſure means, whence in one common link
The nations of the World are bound. Her fails
Commerce unfurls; by gentle winds impell’d,
O’er the broad boſom of the fwelling Mainonta
The rich fraught Veſſel wafts her varied ſtores.or noq
Thus from the Ganges, where the God of Day, 2010
Aſcending o’er the Eaſtern wave, begins of
His
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C R Ε Α Τ Ι Ο Ν:
His wonted courſe; Thus from th' Atlantic ſhore,o sto
Where to his nether goal with ſwift deſcent debusch
He whirls his radiant car, Europa’s Sonsguet or em
Luxurious treaſures of abundance draw. brilog soin W
And thus amidſt the ruthleſs hords, thoſe Tribes droog
Where favage fierceneſs reigns, and ignorance assid boa
In ten-fold darkneſs binds th’impriſon’d ſoul,
Religion pours her voice: With precept mild josta
Softens the rude ferocity of arms, 2 101010 hrob srl
Difpels the gloom, and to the tutor’d ſenſei 119000 or
Opens the portals of immortal Life. omori yhdudit H
Nor terminates celeſtial goodneſs here:
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The oozy channels of the Sea reſign og la emis o T
Their ſcaly Tenants. Through the vaſt Domain, odt
Whate'er with light fin cuts his liquid way, ori o
And thoſe, who, in teſtaceous priſon bound, derong
Seem ſcarce, yet are, moſt tremblingly, alive; ONT
At Heav'n's command, all miniſter to Man.
The proud Leviathan himſelf, who, ſtretch'd do no
Upon the Ocean's back, an Iſland ſeems; usi dost odt
Or in rude gambols his unwieldy bulk of contend
Writhing, deems all the watry realm his own. not
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E’en he, Gigantic as he is, fubdued Pork
By Man's ſuperior art, a Victim falls zonder 51
But not unprofitably falls. Though dead, ro oT
He garniſh not the feſtive board, or add lost i W
Luxurious honor to the rich repaſt, asb137 ori fonton
Yet ſtill, fo provident is Nature's God, dise'ns d'I
For him the Sailor braves the ſtormy flood : hoy
E’en to the frozen North, where, fix long Moons,
Inhofpitable darkneſs ſhrouds the Pole; Ginqololini i 10
Where ſnow eternal caps the Mountain's top, shost **
And threat’ning ice, in many a ridgy ſteep,
Peers o'er the waves indiſſoluble, there, 1 engish od W
Reckleſs of danger, the bold Sailor ſhapes, evig in
His perilous courſe; in his own elementerian
Advent'rous ſeeks the Giant, nor avoids nisl or ohi
Th’unequal conflict: in the trembling boat" vab 1:01]
Fearleſs he ſtands, and launches from his arm tadi
The pointed weapon, conſcious what a prize.
Awaits the iſſue of ſucceſsful toil.so blood poistobal
isto M now idob och ysg ylanist bitov
Theſè, everliving Father, theſe, nay all collid
Which in the chambers of the Deep reſide,
of the Deep reſide
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boibi
And
16 CRE AT ION:
And they, who, on expanded pinions borne,
Traverſe the buoyant air; They too who range
ranger
The Foreſt, Lords of the fequefter'd wild,
With thoſe, who, by domeſtic impulſe ſway'd,
Tenant the verdant Mead, at thy decree to
To Man's arbitrement all bend. Nor here
Nor here:
Need we the ſubtle ſophiſtry of Schools,
Or arguments in the perplexing loom oft ort of ro's
Of Philoſophic difquiſition fram’d: endurb olds iqtorial
“ Each ſtep we take will lead us to our God.”a nw
O what a debt immenſe to him is due, bra
Who deigns to ſtoop from his ſupernal throne, o 21099
And gives to Man, what Man’s contracted pow'r
host
Can't give himſelf! O what a debt immenſe rollton H
Is due to him, whoſe ever-watchful care, erotomobA
From day to day, from hour to hour, impartsson T
The firſt of bleſſings, with a Parent's love od
Shielding his helpleſs offspring! The whole life,
loq
Od
In adoration ſhould each moment paſs, for et nyA
Would faintly pay the debt which Mortals owe.
What time ſtill Night her ebon car aſcends,
And the fell Thief, by darkneſs ſhrouded, plans
Inſidious
A PO E M.
Ρ Μ.
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Inſidious rapine, at his Maſter's door
The faithful Servant ſtretch’d, keeps ſleepleſs watch:
If ought approach, inſtant with clam'rous throat
He gives th' alarm; and ſhould the plund'rer come,
With eager tooth ſeizes the Caitiff Wretch,
Nor quits his prey, though down his mangled limbs
The vital current ſtream, but bravely ſeals
With life itſelf inviolable faith.
Whence this attachment, this intrepid zeal,
Which holds it's ſettled purpoſe, undiſmay’d
E’en in the agonizing pangs of death?
From gratitude the gen'rous inſtinct ſprings;
Fed at his Maſter's board, and by his hand
Daily with gentle blandiſhments careſs’d,
The duteous animal repays the debt
With pure fidelity. Nor threat, nor force,
Nor dangers’ direſt form his courage ſhake.
Nay, the fierce Tyrant of the ſecret woods,
Who roams the bleak and deſart wild, and lives
By ruthleſs ſlaughter, if by Man preſerv’d,
To his Protector firm allegiance pays.
By gratitude’s inſtinctive impulſe taught,
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C R Ε Α Τ Ι Ο Ν : :
He drops his fierceneſs, ſmooths his brinded mane, la
And, couching harmleſs at his Guardian's feet, isHT
With aſpect bland, and many a foften’d ſmile, irgiso 21
Marks the ſtrong feelings of a mindful heart. SH
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Behold'ſt thou this ungrateful Man? From them to
Whom inſtinct actuates alone, doſt thou Isiy OT
This tributary pledge of love receive, hotell i VT
And yet deny it to your God? Thou doft. i si sono
Though Penſioner on his difpofing will, i blod did w
Though from his voluntary bounty all ops only mi to
Which forms your happineſs you hold, as if ing more
'Twere center'd in yourſelf, the tenure fix'd in a boa
Beyond the pow'r of time or chance, you ſpurning
The Giver; what for comfort and for uſe
Was meant by Heav'n, you to the fordid claimshiw
Of pride and wanton luxury confign. tib
Mark! Where the grov'ling Wretch, at the full feaſt
Exulting fits. Lol on the feſtive board cu orW
Abundance ſmiles. Here, from the perfum'd ſhores.
Of either India brought, rich viands foothie 1
The pamper'd taſte. When languid Nature feels
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Satiety,
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ. Ο
19
Satiety, theſe can the Glutton's luſt notno ton H
Renew, and to the fick’ning appetite od barteisel 101
A keener ſenſe impart. Here Gallia’s grapeltiw blu
In the chas'd goblet ſparkles, to the heart flspiodo di
Diſpenſing levity and mirth. But ſay, Ilis effet o1
Whence this abundance, whence theſe treaſures flow, T
O’er which th' enamour'd eye in rapture hangs bil odT
From thee, perennial, only fource of good, on riguod i
Almighty Father. Thy benignant hand silni ili doY
Gave them, exhauſted Nature's firm ſupport: alls oH
Gave them as bleſſings, which in life's drear vale or
Might comfort ſtrew, and elevate the ſoul, SM
In ſtrains of gratitude, to him who gave. anois inatos
Yet Man, Lord of Creation's ample range, ybbig bag
Faſhion’d by Heav’n’s diſcriminating love ab e'ti mora
For purpoſes moft noble; though in form, 13 terlio IIA
And apprehenſion, like a God; ſtill Man, ziri yokmu
Unconſcious of his elevated rank, no nulla
Stoops, meanly ſtoops, from his exalted height, w bad
And with the loweſt tribes of Nature herds. H
From her luxuriant ſtores doth mercy ſend
Abundance? The voluptuous Glutton view! w duod i
He,
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C R Ε Α Τ Ι ο Ν:
He, not content with that which Nature aſks,
Nor fatisfied, though from each foreign clime
Cull’d with delicious ſkill, he hath enjoy’d
The choiceſt viands, ſtill the more he craves;
Nor refts, 'till ſtimulating drugs revive
The ſlumb'ring fever; 'till again they whet
The ficken'd taſte, and fire the torpid ſenſe.
Though no ſenſation of ſharp thirſt he feel,
Yet, ſtill inſatiate, for the ſparkling cup
He calls, nor reſts, until the potent charm
In drowfy bonds have fetter'd ev'ry ſenſe.
Mean time, nor God nor Man employ his thoughts:
Intent alone, where wanton riot calls,
And giddy mirth whirls the diſtemper'd brain
From it's due poife, in the intemp?rate bowl
All other cares he whelms. Nor God nor Man
Employ his thoughts: Feſtivity's the God,
At whoſe alluring ſhrine the Suppliant bends.
And while, ?midſt pleaſure's faſcinating charms,
He drains nectareous draughts, though at his Gate
The Child of poverty and famine kneel,
Though with uplifted hands, he faintly crave
The
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
2. 1
The fcanty gleanings of the ſplendid board,
E’en the poor pittance is denied. In vain
He ſupplicates. His earneſt cries are ſpurn’d
By the proud Vaſſals of their ſenſual Lord;
And he himſelf, unfriended and forlorn,
With many a ſtripe, and many a bitter taunt,
As if harſh Nature had diſclaim'd him, chas’d
From the licentious manfion. -- Abject Wretch!
Is this the tribute thour to God return'ſt?
To him who on thy favor'd head hath ſhow'r'd
His choiceft Gifts? And but for whom, thyſelf
Had been e'en like the outcaſt, whom thy pride
Spurns from thy threſhold? Yet howe'er thou feem'ſt
'Bove him exalted, though, while famine writhes
His rueful face, and the bleak chilling rain
Drenches his naked limbs, thy happier ſoul
Revel in plenitude of earthly bliſs,
Remember ſtill, one is the common Lord,
Parent of all: His righteous eye on all
Looks down impartial; no diſtinction knows,
Save that which unaffected virtue makes.
Thou
22 CREATION:
Thou God of goodneſs hear thy Suppliant's pray’r!
Deep in the living tablet of the heart isiq rooq ont no'ld
Imprint the grateful fenfe! To thy beheſts nilqgul oH
Creation bows; through all her fertile range
Subjected bows. When from his Mother Earth or buA
Thou called ſt Man to Life, the laſt, but beſt sot mbiw
Of all thy works, not in a defart waſte uistinus A
Did'ſt thou then place him, nor defenceleſs leave mort
The Offspring of thy plaſtic hand. E'en then seint al
The Sun and Moon, and all the Starry Hoft iw shid oT
Bedeck'd th' ethereal concave. Then for him tono e
The Earth had teem’d; from her prolific womb od bsH
Had pour’d, whatever to the taſte or eye li mort ennqa
Could miniſter delight, Herb, Flow'r and Fruit, voa
And Flocks and Herds in countleſs tribes. E'en then
For him, with food replete, and circumfcrib’d zorioneza
By thy reſtraining arm, the turbid waves finala ni Love
Of Ocean rolld, exhauſtleſs ſource of wealth. adeoma
And left the congregated waters, bound 1: Ils to in1975
In torpid lethargy, should o’er the world swob axlood
Infectious putrefaction ſhed, in ebbm doinin tortor.se
And flow perpetual, by the lunar orb
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Contrould,
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Contrould, Thou didſt appoint their reſtleſs courſe.
Thus through the liquid realms, that vital breath, 110
Which to the Ocean's ſcaly Sons Thou gav'ſt, low
Was foſter'd and invigorated. Thus, in modo noifono
By the perturbed motions of the Deepscorta duor. T'
Enliv’ning breezes purgʻd the groffer air, rlw mid oT)
To the faint Globe imparting vivid health.
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Nor leſs, eternal Father, than at firſt, nou lliy usb A
Doth Nature now atteſt thy boundleſs ſway, ilih Isda
Thy boundleſs mercy. As by Thee all things ronW
Were form’d, by Thee the Syſtem is maintain’d; o
By Thee, that harmony which firſt attun'd
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Creation's floating Spheres, is ſtill preſervid. intcob
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If while the mind, in meditation rapt; to da
Travels through Nature's complicated range, sot 10
Some myſteries appear, which the ſcant line om de af
Of Man can't fathom; if there be a point, tilsvortel
Where e'en a Newton feels the glowing Thought
Check'd in it's deep reſearch, ſhall Mortals dare,
That which they cannot comprehend, arraign? M
Dare in thoſe realms, where the arreſted eye isa eidt
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CRE A TI O N:
Of reaſon cannot ſtretch, raiſe wanton doubts
Of Heav'n's fupremacy? Or when they view
What human petulance diſorder deems,
Queſtion eternal Wiſdom? Though obſcure,
Though intricate the ways of Heav'n may ſeem,
(To him, who cannot ſcan the deſtin'd end,
Such ev'ry difpenfation muſt appear)
A day will come, when the pure rays of light
Shall diſlipáte the gloom; a day will come,
When the contexture of this wondrous chain,
On which the univerſal fabric hangs
Suſpended, ſhall in ev'ry part be found
Conſummate harmony, and captious doubt,
Aw'd by the radiance of triumphant truth,
Shall into nothing ſink. Then in the fight
Of Men and Angels, manifeſt, and clear
As the meridian Sun's unclouded beam,
Jehovah's attributes ſhall be diſplay’d.
Let the bold ſcrutinizing mind, upborne
By Metaphyfic's buoyant plumes, beyond
This earthly Ball take it’s aërial flight!
Conjecture
A PO E M.
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Conjecture on conjecture let it build!
'Till like the Giants, who of old (ſo ſing
Poëtic ſtrains) mountain on mountain pild,
The tow'ring thought ſcale Heav'n!-From ſuch a flight,
(Ill fuiting Man's contracted ſenſe, I turn)
In the ſtupendous orbs above, which Thou,
The great Creator, haft ordain’d, I ſee
Unqueſtionable marks of pow'r ſupreme.
In the rich treaſures, which thy bounteous hand
Hath op'd for Man's dependant race, I ſee
Mercy's bright ſeal - I fee, and I adore.


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CAMBRIDGE,
Printed by J. Archdeacon Printer to the UNIVERSITY;
For J. & J. Merrill, in Cambridge; J. Dodsley, in Pall Mall, W. GINGER, in College Street,
Weſtminſter, J. Walter, at Charing Croſs, G. & T. Wilkie, in St. Paul's Church-yard,
and F. KNIGHT, in St. James's Street, London.
MDCCLXXXV.
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A Clauſe of Mr. SEATON's Will,
Dated OET. 8, 1738.
I Give my Kipingbury Eſtate to the Univerſity of Cambridge for ever: the Rents of
which ſhall be diſpoſed of yearly by the Vice-Chancellor for the time being, as he the
Vice-Chancellor, the Maſter of Clare-Hall, and the Greek Profeſſor for the time being,
or any two of them fall agree. Which three perſons aforeſaid ſhall give out a Sub-
ject, which Subject ſhall for the firſt Year be one or other of the Perfections or Attri-
butes of the Supreme Being, and ſo the fucceeding Years, till the Subječt is exhauſted;
and afterwards the Subject ſhall be either Death, Judgment, Heaven, Hell, Purity
of Heart, &c. or whatever elſe may be judged by the Vice-Chancellor, Maſter of Clare-
Hall, and Greek Profeſſor, to be moſt conducive to the honour of the Supreme Being and
recommendation of Virtue. And they ſhall yearly diſpoſe of the Rent of the above Eſtate
to that Maſter of Arts, whoſe Poem on the Subject given ſhall be beſt approved by them.
Which Poem I ordain to be always in Engliſh, and to be printed; the expence of
which ſhall be dedueted out of the product of the Eſtate, and the reſdue given as a re-
ward for the Compoſer of the Poem, or Ode, or Copy of Verſes.

WE,
E, the underwritten, do aſſign Mr. SEATON's Reward
for the Year 1785, to SAMUEL HAYES, M, A, for his
Poem on the EXODUS; and direct the ſaid Poem to be printed
according to the Tenor of the Will.
JOO TIIMI
OEZ. 142
P. Peckard, Vice-Chancellor.
7. Torkington, Maſter of Clare Hall.
1785.

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YRANTS, attend! Ye, who deſpotick reign,
Spurn not the Muſe’s monitory ſtrain! bobiogest
Though wealth on wealth be in your coffers ſtorld,
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Exhauſtleſs fund to deck the ſplendid board; oriw odt
While round your thrones the marſhall'd Legions ſtand,
Obſequious Slaves to ev'ry fell command: ob srait tsN W
Though thus, in all the pomp of pow'r elate, well
And fluſh'd with dignity's imperial ſtate, to molim odt
Ye hear the Captive mourn, relentleſs hear, Into H01
Nor give the tribute of a ſingle tear; l. bisws art rnay
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THE EXODUS:
See the loft Widow, Orphan, ſuppliant kneel,
Nor yet one ſpark of ſoft emotion feel;
Suſpend awhile ambition's tow’ring ſchemes,
Pomp’s vain parade, and pleaſure's baſeleſs-dreams!
A moment paufe! From the rich ſcene retire!
Let calm reflection check the looſe deſire!
That Pow'r who gave, if ſo his juſtice doom,
Can, in an inſtant, ev'ry gift reſume.
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When the dread terrors of his vengeance wake,
E’en Empires to their very center ſhake:
Hurld from the throne, at his refiſtleſs call,
Licentious Tyrants unlamented fall.
Nor doubt the awful truth. From age to age,
Recorded in the grave Hiſtorian's page, on
Examples ſtand. - Thou the Muſe inſpire, rigoroso
Thou, who alone canſt wake the living fire! elika
Thy judgments, Everlaſting Pow'r, I fing, Bali
What time deſtruction whelm’d the ruthleſs King;ldo
Egypt's obdurate Lord, who, fwoľn with pride, term
The miſſion of the God of Hofts defied.
Four centuries had now elaps'd, yet ſtill, thay
(Such the award of Heav'n's controuling will)
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Iſrael in Egypt fojourns. Hapleſs Tribe!
What words can fully woes like thine defcribe? Od V
Oppreſs’d by deſpotiſm's vindictive weight,
Thy Sons in vain lament their wretched ſtate;
In vain, with ſtreaming eye, and outſtretch'd hand,
Turn the fond wiſh to Canaan's fertile land,
Thoſe plains, to which, with ſacred promiſe fraught,
The ſhackled Slave directs the anxious thought.
Yet more than bondage, more than all the woes
Which Kings, or royal Minions, can impofe, d Dino
The Sons of Iſrael mourn Religion’s cauſe, 1990
Heav'n's long-loſt rites, and violated laws.
Jehovah's name is hcard no more, ſave where to
The Slave in ſecret breathes forbidden pray’r. 20 anito
Oft, as on feftal days, th’Egyptian throng
Ply the looſe dance, and ſwell the choral ſong;
Or proftrate fall before the beſtial fhrine, T closit
And crown their mimick Gods with rites divine, ad boH
By force conſtrain'd, there Ifrael's Sons attend, 1 ito
Join the full orgies, at the altars bend; rodeerder
The ſuppliant hand to ſenſeleſs Idols raiſe, liw SoH
To fenſeleſs Idols chaunt the note of praiſe;o, ale to
Praiſe,
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THE EXODUS:
Praiſe, which that Pow'r alone can juſtly claim, nisi
Who form’d, who rules this univerſal frame.brow on
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Such Iſrael's ſtate. Few rays now intervenezolan
Darkneſs ſtill deeper ſhrouds the gloomy ſcene. Viszoni
Hope, lenient Monitreſs, which could impart-1 oli muut
The balm of comfort to the wounded heart; isiq dori
Hope, which could blunt the edge of ev'ry care
And triumph o'er the Fiends of blank deſpair, Tom 99Y
Chilld by adverſity's malignant ſhade, 10 cagni di
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For lo! A Tyrant comes, whoſe haughty foul vostol
No ties of gentle charity controul, 101002 ni svela on
Imperious Pharaoh. He, by rancour led, no es 10
But more by fear alarmd, by preſcient dread, or li
Left Iſrael's Tribes, now formidable grown, one
Hurl bold defiance at the Deſpot's throne; Oto bom
Left, if perchance the blaft of war ſhould blow, 102.76
They breathe revenge, and join the marſhalld Foe. tot
Hence, with ſuſpicion’s reſtleſs cares oppreſt,
He feels new fury ſhake his troubled breaſt. folose
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Vengeance at length a direr form affumes.
wo
Prompti at the fell decree, th’ obſequious Band DT?
Spread wide affliction thro' the groaning land.
e groaning land. od
Toil heap'd on toil, toil with the morn begun, estis ?
Nor ended, even with the fetting Sun, un benar. A
Urges the fetter'd Slave. E'en at mid-day,
E’en at mid-day, - H
When the fierce Sun darts forth the ſultry ray, Tea
Or when the whirlwind ſweeps along the ſky, cane H 33
And the parch'd duſt diſtorts the trembling eye, A 30
Though preſs’d beneath accumulated woes, rozład on
The Wretch in vain folicits ſhort repoſe.. od oid must
O’ercome with unremitted toil, at length, not on
Nature no more fupplies her wonted ſtrength. oj episto
And ever and anon as the faint Train tot ost olidW
Exert the body's languid pow’rs in vain,ogs ont sis si
With many a ſtripe, and many a galling fneer,
The favage Agents preſs the ling’ring rear. Onnitowe
II) won tored Wa
Nor doth e'en this ſtern Pharaoh's wrath aſſuage:
Again ſuſpicion kindles vengeful rage. The IT
llowb bloont no
66 Vain
6.
THE EXODUS:
“ Vain my attempts (the baffled Tyrant cries) onnage
** All pow', all threats, the fullen Tribe defies. 1sogno V
Though bondage be their lot, though ev'ry ill qmnoil
“ Which flows from tyranny's reſiſtlefs will, biw brunga
" Harraſs the toiling Slaves, what hope remains ? . lio T
Augmented numbers darken Egypt's plains. Obno 11
“ Henceforth exterminating wrath take place, di cari
2010
66 'Till ruin whelm the contumacious race! med at
6. Hence ev'ry Male, ſprung from the Hebrew line, 10
66 As ſoon as born, to the deep Nile conſign.” odt bra
He ſpake. The mercenary Bands obey;
Ruſh thro' the Land, and ſeize their helpleſs prey. d)
The yearning Mother, with diſtraction wild, Toote
Claſps to her throbbing breaſt th' unconſcious Child; v
While the torn heart, with keeneſt anguiſh bleeds,
In vain the agonizing Parent pleads. bed or sig af
Nor pray’rs, nor tears, nor e’en thy ſofter charm, w
Sweet Innocence, arreſts th’ uplifted arm.
* Where's now (They cry) the ſaving hand of Heav'n?
+6 O where the promiſe now, fo firmly giv’n,
66 That Iſrael's Sons, redeem'd from Egypt's chains,
66 Again ſhould dwell in Canaan’s bliſsful plains?
10
66 That
:2 À PO E M. T
7
“ That Judah thence, with wealth and empire crown'd,
“ Should reign fupreme to Earth’s remoteft bound?
“ Fird by the proſpect, while on ev'ry fide, portfifzs
“ Adverſity pours forth her fable tide;
e: oq or STIA
“ While ſtorms, with unabated fury urge, dlhotroH
“We brave the tempeft, ſtem the foaming furge. Til
“ But now, alas! the animating view,
66. Which erſt reflected freedom's chearful hue,
“ Flies, like a dream, when the dun ſhades of night
“ Vaniſh before the morning's dawning light.
web odmor
“ In the rapacious flood, day after day,
Proo ILA
“ Remorſeleſs death receives his infant prevalt mot nga
" As the majeſtick Oak, which late outſpread
“ The branching honours of his regal head, gobb odt
66 Scath'd to the center by the livid flame,
ne stango
Song O7
" Exhibits now a wither'd, fapleſs frame;
• The Parent thus, each fairer proſpect croft
, torba
“ Each elevating hope for ever loſt,
“ In ſilence droops. That thought, which could aſſuage
“ The lingʻring mis’ries of declining age, brand
“ For ever takes its flight. Deep in the heart
a
« Deſpair hath lodg’d th' immedicable dart.”
And
prey
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THE EXODUS:
And dar'ſt thou thus, dim-ſighted, froward Man, IT'S
Preſumptuous queſtion Heay’n’s all-righteous plan? 12.3
Darſt thou, thus diffident, becauſe forlorn, vd STI **
Arraign the promiſe with o’erweening ſcorn?
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Henceforth be dumb! Whate'er Jehovah wills, olid W 37
In its due time, Jehovah's pow'r fulfils. rit vaid 9W 20
points ont lenis, won in 23
While Ifrael mourns, nor ſees a ray of light idwa
Break thro’ the ſhades of overwhelming night, coile
From the dark ſtream, to whoſe inſatiate bedrinsy :)
All comfort ſeem'd irrevocably fled, woanghi orli al no
E’en from the fatal boſom of the Nile, baloliomosios
Returning freedom darts th’auſpicious ſmile
. srid 2A
The delegated Child, by Heav’n deſign’d, basid T ::
To
the miſts of error from the mind, brinda in
To counteract the Tyrant's lawleſs ſway, or asidida
And reſcue from his graſp the trembling prey, NT:
Beſide the Memphian ſtream, in ſedge enclos’d, dondon
The delegated Infant lies expos’d.
lies expos’d.T 20901b soroln m3)
Thrice had the ſilver Moon fill'd either horn, nil edT
So long the Parents, deſolate, forlorn,
hos oss ova 101
Το
hasb oldaoibemut'ta bobol ini tingl.
purge
Ο Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
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1
To privacy's ſequeſter'd ſhades repair, on hemoso. A
And ſhield their tender pledge with pious care.ambot
Oft as, with gliftning eye, the Parents trace
Their own reſemblance in the blooming face, or to
Or to the future turn the ardent thought, is on
And form the Man, with ev'ry virtue fraught, to so
Spite of the Tyrant's edict, Nature reigns; i qew In
Superior ſtill, her facred pow'r maintains. olg noillsquo
Themſelves, at length, leſt Pharaoh's roaming bands
Should ſeize the Victim with unhallow'd hands,
Their Infant take, and, wrapt in verdant fedge, and
To Heav’n’s protection give the tender pledge. alucino
Nor diſtant far, obſervant of the fates, i lo ammo
With wiſtful look the zealous Siſter * waits ; non
Silent ſhe ſtands, and ſtrains th' attentive eye, aut od
If chance ſhe can propitious aid deſcry. I of a face
Lo! on the inſtant (for the God of days
Now darted from his orb the torrid ray) you
Thermutis † comes. Oft, ’midſt the noon-tide heat,
The royal Virgin fought this cool retreat;
+ The name given by Joſephus to Pharaoh's Daughter.
bisik I. Cor BIC codici Ac-
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* Miriam.
Іо
THE EX O D U S:
Accuſtom'd here, in the refreſhing flood, esposting 1
To check the fervor of the throbbing blood. blent bra
And, as ſhe turns her eyes around, ſhe fees, iw 2010
Where the light ofiers tremble in the breeze, awon
The rulhy ark. Straight her Attendants bring or otro
The outcaſt Victim of th’unfeeling King. rit ondt A
All
wept the Infant's fate. 1 Above the reſt,
Compaſſion glow'd in fair Thermutis' breaſt: Toitooo2
Though well She knew, what ills attend on thoſemary
Who dare her Father's rigid law oppoſe, la
Humanity prevaild; her ſtronger plea on minlicdT
Controuls the purpoſe of the fell decree.org UETOT
The charms of innocence, the fond embrace, to
The ſmiles depicted on the artleſs face,Pool BW
The thought of what th’ unhappy Parents bear, odt indo
Doom'd thus to ſacrifice their infant Heir, onart
All theſe at once, in union firm combin'd,
Refiſtleſs ſway the ſympathizing mind. morbosib wol
Nor pity only doth the Virgin feel;
Her boſom glows with more ſubſtantial zeal. Tutor
By Miriam's tutelary hand convey’d,
Th’exulting Mother, from the royal Maid,
Receives
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II
Receives the precious truſt. ?Tis hers to guard, gp
With more than common care, the tender ward.
Nor is it her inhoſpitable doom, aniq ortalama o'?
To fly to privacy’s fequefter'd gloom, orit nintzools, DIA
Or, ʼmidſt the terrors of the watchful Foe,
To lead a life of unremitted woe;cil didice od ils on
And feel, from hour to hour, from day to day, erit bra
Suſpicion on the harrafs’d ſpirits prey. At
To Egypt's court, where Tyrant Pharaoh reigns, toy
(So Heav’n’s diſpoſing providence ordains) ottojais
She takes her reſcued Son: ſecure e’en there, the
Foſters her Infant with maternal care. OVITOS
A Princeſs deigns, all dignity forgot, mom ons
To counteract the Victim's deſtin’d lot: o sritis
Though the firſt honour of the Memphian throne,
Deigns to adopt a Stranger for her own. Is to
alusso vino aid talub tso trousell
Hence Moſes *, ſuch the name he now affum’d,
Sav'd from that fate to which he erſt was doom'd,
Grew rich in grace. From her myſterious ſtores,
Science to him her copious tribute pours.
* The word Moſes, in the Egyptian language, ſignifies one who has been drawn out of
the water.
B 2
She
I2
THE EXODUS:
She gives, with nice diſcriminating eye opene
To trace the wonders of the ſpangled ſky; 10
To mark the primary, controuling force, i nori gi ei toi
And aſcertain the Planet's devious courſezeving of fol
Or, ſkill'd in magick, by the potent found, the 70
To call the Spirit from the dark profound; i s bol o
And thence, by incantation's myſtick ſpell, i loot bra
Recount the paſt, the coming fates foretell. o croche
Yet here, ’midft learning's ſcientifick cares, etnoT
Religion her celeſtial portion ſhares. alloqlıb e'n voel ea)
Oft as the Slaves of arbitrary pow'r oualor prislistarlo
To faithful converſe give the private hour, vor around
Amram each moment grafps. The zealous Sirenin A
Enflames the youthful breaſt with nobler fire.To O2 OT
Leſt, footh’d by pleaſure's faſcinating bait, uni riguarda
Allur’d by royalty's reſplendent ſtate, saqoba os angioei
The alien Youth deſert his country's cauſe,
And, for a Tyrant's, ſpurn Jehovah's laws, 9000 H
Before his Son th’enraptur’d Father lays od mod bred
The brighter annals of preceding days; ni kit W915
What time the Lord of Hoſts, auſpicious Guide, 1992
Diſpel?d all terror, ev'ry want ſupplied. Om bomo
" Though
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
13
“ Though dark the ſcene, though Ifrael now deſponds,
“ Preſsd by the weight of ignominious bonds, vorlel
“ Be firm, my Child! In conſcious virtue bold, och
“ With ſteady ſtep the hallow'd purpoſe hold! I W
“ O let not Empire, wealth, or pleaſure's charm, 173
“ Lull the fond ſoul, and ev'ry pow'r difarm!
“ He who in Heav'n's fupernal King confides,
“ That King, whoſe ruling arm o'er all preſides,
“ Braves the fierce menace of inſulting Foes: el
“ Fearing * his God, no other fear he knows.FM
“ Be this thy adamantine ſhield; the Lord
“ Inviolate will keep his holy word.
66 The God, whom happier Iſrael erſt obeyd, die
" To whom, e’en now, the fervent vow is paid,
“ To whom, though bow'd beneath the weight of
care,
“ The ſuppliant Slave breathes interdicted pray’r, haos
" That God accepts the Captive's mournful cries, i
“ And, hearing, will in awful terror riſe.
" Far 'bove the narrow ken of human fight,
“ And ſhrouded by impenetrable light,
* Je crains Dieu, cher Abner, et n'ai point d'autre crainte.
Explos lietus
Baffling
RACINE's Athaliah.
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THE E X OD US:
66
Baffling the arrogance of froward Man,
Jehovah executes th' adopted plan.
“ Doubt not but He, who erſt the promiſe gave,
“ Will, with o’erſhadowing arm, his People fave; W
“Will yet, array'd in terror's direſt form, ,
“ O’er Egypt pour the deſolating ſtorm. Luctoris di.
“E'en in thy ſelf (ſtupendous, gracious theme !) E.
“ Snatch'd from the boſom of the fatal ſtream, TS
“ Thus reſcued, and with high precedence grac’d,
“ Midf Egypt's Lords, the firſt in honor plac'd. 1867 >>
“ É’en in thy felf, thus wonderfully freed, it co
Jehovah's pow'r, Jehovah's mercy read!
read! w na
" Read and adore! O let the thought controul T35
“ The low ſuggeſtions of the pliant ſoul! erroriw o T 33
“ Though ſtern authority vindictive frown, worlw OT 13
“ Arm'd with the terrors of the Memphian crown, TOO
Be't thine to vindicate a Nation's cauſe, bobosit sa
“ Affert her rights, and guard her injur'd laws! DITA
“ Be’t thine, my Son, unmov'd by hoſtile force, 16733
" To keep religion’s conſecrated courſe!! buonh bn Ads
“ And 0, may Iſrael's God, propitious Guide,
Thy Soul confirm, o'er all thy ſteps preſide!
"May
A Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
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May Iſrael's God thy ev'ry thought befriend!
" To him, and him alone, ſubmiſſive bend."
Thus ſpake the anxious Parent; deep impreſt,
The admonition fir'd the youthful breaſt;
Taught him to feel religion's pureſt flame, sliv
And ſhield Jehovah's violated name.
age
At length th' elected Child, to manhood grown,
Though royalty adopts him for her own, burol cons FI
Though pleaſure, pomp, and all the charms which wait
On opulence, or empire's gorgeous ſtate,
Dierigerla na
Spread their ſoft blandiſhments, e’en at the
When the fierce paſſions burn with tenfold rage, the
When in the boſom diffolute deſire
Awakens luſt, and lights the wanton fire, TE SE
The Son of Amram ſpurns the regal prize; adsvorbei
From the rich ſcene the zealous Hero flies,
And dwells ’mongſt Ifrael's Sons. Reſign’d he bears
The ſerviłe yoke, and ev'ry burthen ſhares.
Rather than violate Jehovah's truſt,
And live the pamper'd Slave of fordid luſt,
Ba He
16
THE EXODUS:
He quits th’Egyptian Court, and, undiſmay'd,)
Seeks poverty's inhoſpitable ſhade.
There, with the ſhackled Captive doom'd to bow,
The Son of Amram durſt his faith avow, trombs or
And vindicate his God. What time he ſaw trout
The favage Miniſter of Pharaoh's law vostallid
Inſult a Slave, with brave reſentment warm,
'Gainſt the ſtern Lord he rais’d the vengeful árm. A
Hence forc'd to fly; for now, with wrath enflam’d, oriT
Pharaoh the bold Offender's life proclaim’d, la rigworlT
In Shepherd's garb, amidſt th’ Arabian Swains, Irigo 10
He tends the flock upon the Midian plains. Tant braica
As chance, in ſearch of cool refreſhing ſhade, irodW
Far in the Deſarts winding vale he ſtray'd, tun SilW
He came near Horeb's ſacred mount. Anon, planowa
Jehovah's Majeſty conſpicuous ſhone. A to poa T
Lo! from a buſh, in many a radiant ſpire, lot of mone
Shot forth uninterrupted flames of fire: 10m allowb la
Though wrapt in flames, entire the buſh remains;
Unſcorch'd, its wonted verdure yet retains. rest
Moſes approachd; aw'd by the wondrous fight, vil ha
With dubious ſtep, approach'd the ſtreaming light.
From
1
Ο Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
17
From the bright flames, in all his pow'r confeſs’d,
The living God his Servant thus addreſs’d. WANT
6 No nearer come! within this ſecret bound,
" Thou tread'ſt Jehovah's conſecrated ground.
“ I am thy God; that all-pervading Lord,
" Whom Ifrael's faithful Patriarchs erſt ador'd;
66 The God, who now o'er Iſrael's race preſides;
“ Whoſe out-ſtretch'd arm defends, whoſe counſel guides.
“ Affliction's poignant cry, the heart-felt groan
“ Of deep diſtreſs, have reach'd th'ethereal throne. ?
“ I come, their Guide, their tutelary God,
“ T'avenge their cauſe, and break the Tyrants rod;
“ To lead my People forth to thoſe bleſt plains
“ Where freedom dwells, and plenty ever reigns,
“ Even to Canaan's fields, that bliſsful feat,
By ancient promiſe doom'd their ſafe retreat. Jonorius
“ Be thou the Herald of the grand deſign! phone
“ To thee, that gracious office I aflign.inses borse
“ Hence to the Memphian court, and there relate TO.
“ To Egypt's King, the op'ning ſcheme of fate! 02
“ There, in the name of Him, that Pow'r above,
“ From whom all things exiſt, in whom they move,
С
66 Plead
18
THE EXO DU S:
" Plead Ifrael's cauſe! The Tyrant, well I know,
“ Will with re-doubled indignation glow. E EVENT
“ Yet fear not thou - diſmiſs the vain alarm!
- 33
“ Beneath the umbrage of Jehovah's arm
66 Thou ſhalt unhurt remain. Wide o'er the land,
“ In various forms, at my ſupreme command,
“ Dire peſtilence ſhall walk his baleful round,
6 And blaſt with terror the devoted ground.
“ Pharaoh at laſt, who, ſwoll'n with impious pride,
“ All pow'r on earth, all pow'r in heav'n defied, 2003
" Pharaoh at length ſhall yield. — But, leſt thou deem)
Jehovah's preſence here an empty dream,
66 Conviction now receive. Throw down thy rod; T
" That will evince the ever-living God.” Chanda
He ſpake. — The rod, with vital ſpirit fraught, movie
Portentous change! a Serpent’s figure caught ins pas
Anon, the touch all vital ſtrength reprefs’d; redio da
The rod again its former ſhape poſſeſs’d. di cald OT:
“ Take this, (th’Almighty faid) and ſhould diſtreſs,
“ Should Pharaoh's harſh decrees on Ifrael preſs,
“ Be this thy confidence! Thy fure reſource!
• The potent rod will break tyrannick force;
66 Will
Α Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
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“ Will draw down ample vengeance from above, din
Thy words confirm, thy holy miſſion prove.”
(
Moſes, thus warn’d, retires. Yet dubious ſtill,
Though thus reveald Jehovah's gracious will,
He trembles at the arduous taſk; alarm’d,
Left the weak fault'ring tongue, by fear difarm’d,
Betray the folemn truſt. From nature meek,
E’en upon trivial themes unapt to ſpeak;
Whence could he hope, ’midſt Egypt's haughty Lords,
To footh the Tyrant with perſuaſive words? -
At Horeb's mount (where God vouchſaf'd tappear,
And converſe held with the appointed Seer)
Aaron his Brother meets: in utt'rance bold,
Him the Almighty deſtines to unfold
The folemn charge. And firſt, to Ifraels race
They ope the ſyſtem of celeſtial grace:
Strength to th' exhauſted ſoul their words diſpenſe,
And arm with faith the fluctuating ſenſe. Joj! ka
Nor brooks th' important buſineſs long delay, S26
Inſtant to Pharaoh's court they bend their way:
In
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T H E EX O DU S:
2
In Pharaoh's preſence, with undaunted look, Woo
Invoking Heav'n, the ſacred Herald ſpoke.zon
“ Of Hebrew lineage ſprung, to thee, O King,
“ The high beheſts of Iſrael's God we bring. M
" His choſen Sons, from their own plains expelld,
“ In abject ſervitude by thee are held.
“ Their God commands, that hence they now retire,
66 And in the deſart wake the altar's fire:
6. That there to him, their Lord, in whom they live,
They now the tributary homage give. Sono
Spurn not our words! That Pow'r to whom we bend,
66 Will, with unerring arm, his Sons defend.”
66 Think not (the Monarch cried) by vain parade
« Of ſpecious words, my judgments to evade. mos be
6 Your God we know not, and his pow'r diſclaim; A
66 Be 't yours to venerate th' ideal name. A odini
66 When Pharaoh's breaſt with indignation glows, oli
66 What mortal arm ſhall dare his wrath oppoſe? voit
“ Who dares, a Victim falls; ſwept from the world,
66 And to the nether ſhades of darknefs hurl'd. nuo baa
66 Here, for ſo ſtands my purpoſe, fix'd as fate, d 2011
“ Shall Ifrael's wayward Tribes in bondage wait: Insthi
6 Until,
2A PoE-M. M.
21
I
“ Until, exhauſted by inceſſant toil, eller en
“ Cut off for ever from their native foil, uds ordi
They bend obſequious to the Memphian throne; boca
“ Own me their King, and homage me alone.” Isyana
Proud Pharaoh thus.When lo! (ſuch Heav'n's command)
Aaron threw down the wonder-working wand. Ihil ad I
Straight, to a Serpent's figure chang’d, he breathes,
Erects his creſt, and rolls his glitt'ring wreaths. sent
Pharaoh, abaſh’d, invokes the magick Seers - AM
A Serpent ev'ry magick rod appears. eisod duc
But ſhort the triumph, when frail Mortals dare och
Againſt th’ Almighty wage preſumptuous war. VI
The rod of Aaron, with rapacious force,
Amidſt his rivals winds his baneful courſe : loans IT
Nor reſts, 'till, buried in the victor's womb, ss olid
Each magick Serpent' meets his fatal doom. en chor!
The tyrant King inflexible remains : 15 2017 to eh
Obdurate ſtill, all fealty diſdains. controllo
brood dir os ribad Isbiode
Horror be now the theme. – Deſtruction wakes :
From her wide urn o'er all the land ſhe ſhakes
post to obiq etill a brigist on Vindictive
enT
22
THE EXODUS:
Vindictive peſtilence. The Nile no more diversos
With rich abundance laves the fertile ſhore:1 fotos
Each lake and pool, and ev'ry tainted flood, cu
Sway'd by the rod of Mofes, teems with blood.ro
Lo! where, exhauſted by the fervent ray,lonteri buoi!
The liſtleſs cattle from their paſtures ſtray, wordt ons A
And ſeek the well-known ſtream: alas! in vain; dipinta
No draught allays the fever's burning pain. o did of
No more the waters vital pow'r fupply; msds fosisi!
In countleſs ſhoals the ſcaly tenants die. i thotel A
Infection ſpreads, and, from her humid wings, oljna
Wide through the air, the mortal poiſon flings. Aging A
Sev’n days the plague remains. Yet Pharaoh ſpurns |
'Th'atteſted miſſion, and with rancour burns.
Moſes again his potent arm outſpread :
-oz roka
From the prolifick river's ſlimy bedrieg 102 bijen dana
Myriads of Frogs ariſe. In dread array i grisivi srit
The legions march, and dim the face of day. stubido
Around the bridal bed, at the rich board,
With luxury’s voluptuous treaſures ftor’d, ed 2010
E’en in the Tyrant's palace, where, ſo laté, pori mota
Looſe pleaſure reign’d in all the pride of ſtate,
The
:2 APO E M. T
23
* The loath'd Intruders fwarm. Next from the fand,
Pregnant with life, throughout the guilty land xon PSM
Infectious Vermin ranklen i Hoſts of Flies, dons eieolU
Arm'd with ſharp ſtings, in ev'ry quarter rife, deuordt
Save Goſhen's plains ; difcriminating grace v ni antolon
Shields the bleſt ſpot, and foſters Ifrael's race, clion adT
is bafisod Tərli lo stic21992 bios art
Anon, on Flocks and Herds, and all the Train 7'31
Which, form’d for Man, tenant the Sylvan plain, 2011
Contagion lights. The animated Steed lorio a losill no
+Loaths the full paſture of the verdant mead Poli Tiedt
Cold ſweat bedews his limbs, the cheſt diſtends, ylston2
And the long ſob his inmoſt bowels rends: browotnU
Proſtrate he falls, and dies. The faithful Steer,' sineret
Whoſe labour oft with plenty crown'd the year, o mest
Enervate droops, and to the ſhades of death it brie
Unprofitably yields his parting breath. .
evandag en ortsando W
* Frogs, lice, and Aies muſt all his palace fill
With loath’d intruſion. - Milton, Par. Loft, B. XII. 177. IT
VIRGIL, Georg. Lib. III. 498.2
imaque longo civo
VIRGIL, Georg. Lib. III. 506.
Nor
+
Victor equus.
quus. _5+ immemor h
Ilia fingultu tendunt.
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THE EXODUS:
Nor yet alone 'mong beaſts the plague prevails; T.
Man next the peſtilential ſtorm aſſails, til diw janggot!
Ulcers and boils, in one continued fore; ionov anion
Through the diſtracted frame contagion pour. w Data
Medcine in vain its varied pow'r applies; e'moro 9V10
The noiſome peſtilence all ſkill defies. il fleld ons el link
The magick Seers, ſpite of their boaſted art,
E’en to themſelves no lenient aid impart. 14 no son A
But ſtill amidſt theſe feenes of dire diſtreſs, murci pridW
On Ifrael's choſen Sons no troubles preſs. coil norgstroo
Their Flocks, unconſcious of the baneful change, soit
Securely through the peaceful valley range;disawi bID
Untouch'd, their Oxen ply th’accuſtom’d toil, ont baat
Break the hard glebe, and renovate the ſoil.dation
Themſelves, from peſtilential fury free, lo trodsi łod
Bend to their guardian God the ſuppliant knee. vient
dengan cariera ein ebles ponerU
While thus the Kingdom, to its utmoſt verge,
The terrors of almighty vengeance ſcourge,
The Tyrant ſhakes with fear; for magick aid,
His firm reſource, is now in vain eſſay’d.
But
gorieq aid it's not asin boc 9153
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But what can quench ambition’s proud defire?urgia
E'en diſappointment kindles ſtronger fire.
Like clouds, which in a moment paſs away,
Melting before the fun’s meridian ray,
His fears are foon diſpelld. His breaſt again
Burns with the flame of arrogant diſdain.
Anon, the livid ſtreams of lightning glare,
Convulſive thunder rends the conſcious air:
From the wide op’ning ſky, like iron balls,
Reiterated hail on Egypt falls; in
Hail, mix'd with flames; in many a gleaming train,
Shoots the quick fire, and runs along the plain.
Nor tree, nor houſe, ſo ſtrong the tempeſt beats,
Nor tree, nor houſe, afford ſecure retreats. ri doive
The Oak no more, with out-ſtretch'd arms diſplay'd,
To the faint Herd diſpenſes cooling ſhade:
The ſtorm hath fcath'd his venerable brow,
And ſever'd from his trunk the fpreading bough.
Transfix'd with poignant grief, the Peaſant ſtands ;
Sees deſolation o'er his blaſted lands
D
Gigantick
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THE EXO DU S:
Gigantick ſweep: Where, but the day before,
Fond fancy treaſur’d up the copious ſtore;
Where herb and tree, with rich luxuriance crown'd,
So late bedeck'd the variegated ground,
There now the eye no grateful verdure chears;
On ev'ry fide a dreary waſte appears. tad do homo EL
Mofes, at length, for grace and mercy pleads. A
The ſtorm is huſhd; a gentle calm ſucceeds. How
But ſhort its date; for, as his fears ſubſide,
The Tyrant burns with renovated pride. Dames
Swift as the ſever'd waves in union join,birine is
Where the keel form’d the momentary line;
As the faint tract, mark’d by the arrow's flight,
Which, in a moment, 'ſcapes the keeneſt fight,
So foon his fears ſubſide, mere idle wind,
Which pafſeth by, nor leaves a trace behind.
As if the God of Iſrael ne'er had hurld toilet
His righteous thunder o’er a guilty world, Esterel barra
Sooth'd by the incenſe of the flatt'ring Herd,
Imperious Pharaoh ſcorns Jehovah's word.
From
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From the contagious eaſt, all day, all night,
O’er Egypt ſhedding peftilential blight,
The tempeſt blows. Scarce had the ſolar ray,
Through Heav’n’s expanſe, announc'd the orient day,
Like a dark cloud, which, ſweeping from the main,
Pours devaſtation o'er the delug'd plain,
Rapacious Locuſts wing their flight. Whate'er
The thunder, fire, and hail had deign’d to ſpare,
The greedy Spoilers ſeize; nor herb, nor flow'r,
Nor ſtately tree, eſcape the noxious pow'r. ion mod
As where the drifted ſands in whirlwinds fly,
Parch'd by the fervor of the torrid ſky,
The defart regions, ſeat of want and woe,
No veſtige of prolifick influence ſhew; w robot
Such Egypt is: a ſolitary wild, We CI W
A waſte, where genial nature never ſmild.de
And, dire completion, with expanded wings, LOTE
From her drear cell incumbent darkneſs fprings,
And broods o'er Egypt. Three fucceeding days
The ſhrouded Sun withdraws his wonted rays.ch
In the wide circuit of th' ethereal ſphere,
Three tedious nights, nor Moon nor ſtars appear.
The
D 2
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THE EXODUS:
The watchful Shepherd, while his flock he tends to 1 FI.
Oft tow'rds the eaſtern goal expectant bends ; qka 190
Hour after hour, o'er the envelop'd lawn id som om
Points the ſtrain’d eye, and chides the tardy dawn; o/T
But chides in vain. From the meridian height, b sodi
Though the Sun now ſhould dart effulgent light, benso
(As when through Heav'n night's denſer vapors roll) (15I
E’en darkneſs palpable enſhrouds the pole.
Meantime, bewilderd by the thwarting ſhade, pois oli
From the known paſture Flocks and Herds had ſtray’d.
Here, the deep torrent intercepts their way, i smör A
And in its gulph involves th' unconſcious prey. d berler?
There, down the precipice, whoſe rugged brow lobortis
Tremendous frowns upon the vale below, to grilov 07
Whole herds are whelm’d; the glory of the plain, bra
The boaſted treaſure of the ſylvan Swain. or low A
As through the deſolate, and bleak domains, snb bin A
Where, fix revolving Moons, chill darkneſs reigns, Toni
Pent in the confines of their narrow cell, a shoord la
Exild from life's prime bliſs, the chearleſs Natives dwell:
Th’Egyptians thus, by Heav'n's fevere award,
Of ev'ry ſocial intercourſe debarr’d,
And,
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And, plung’d in night's impenetrable gloom, ni oni
(All toil ſuſpended) mourn their hapleſs doom. A volt
The Outcaſt pleads in vain, in vain implores; ms Ils to y
Fear bars the known, once hoſpitable doors. adducho
The venerable Sire, 'whoſe languid frame send riguort
Scarce feels the impulſe of the vital flame, sous nigolT
Neglected groans. No lenient Friends aſſuage Idrofin
The complicated woes of helpleſs age. Surengti
And, ſpite of nature's iterated cries, polo liso bA
The trembling Infant unaffifted lies. 91 DAWA
Fain would the Mother (ev'ry want fuppreſt)
Breathe the ſoft ſlumber o'er the troubled breaſt! A
Fruitleſs her zeal. -— The deep involving ſhaderoris nisi
Thwarts the fond wiſh, and checks maternal aid. To
While thus the ſhades of midnight overwhelm, SEIT
E’en to th’extremeſt bound, the impious realm, iva to'
The Tribes of Iſrael ſtand ſecure. By day, molt
Th’unclouded Sun emits his wonted ray: tabletu bn A
From Heav’n’s wide arch, the Moon and Stars, by night,
Shed the mild influence of ſerener light. Irglass o
Nine
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THE EXODUS:
Nine times, in deſolation's form array’d, griesla A
Jehovah now his judgments had diſplay’d; oqotdot IIA)
Yet all are ſcorn’d; no judgments can affuage ou PT
The ſtubborn purpoſe of the Deſpot's rage. dt end 100
Though ſcarce a gleam of flattring hope remain, NT
Though through the land appalling famine reign; wa
Inflexible in guilt’s adopted path, I entong bo Balget
Indignant Pharaoh ſpurns Jehovah's wrath. Solomon T
And ſhall celeſtial juſtice check its plan, o adich briA
Aw'd by the puny arm of froward Man?cmdor ONT
Shall vengeance throw th’ uplifted bolt aſide, on
Arreſted by the threats of regal pride? ali ob odson
Vain thought! Though late the fatal bolt be ſped, Die
Perdition will o'erwhelm th' Offender's head.
That mercy, which ſo oft had interpos’de oliny
For guilty Egypt, is for ever clos’d. HP COAT
The ſtorm of direr horror takes her place,
And breaks tremendous on the harden'd race. sulun
singin and 2183 bms nooM SI
bronsis
'Twas night, and, through the land, oblivious ſleep
O'er the exhauſted ſenſe began to creep.
In
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riſe, 19
In darkneſs ſhrouded, from th’ ethereal height, igledno
Th’exterminating Angel takes his flight; bola. W
Dread Delegate of Iſrael's injur'd Lord, nonton
In his right hand he bears th' atteſting ſword,
And ſmites th’Egyptian realm. Rous’d by the cries,
The groans, which now from ev'ry quarter riſe,
Pharaoh ſtarts up alarm’d, and ſees, dire fight!
His Son conſign'd to Death's eternal night, guiguinto,
His eldeſt Son, the Parent's pleaſing care,
i foliovo 101
Pride of his life, and Egypt's boaſted Heir."
boisvert
Unſeen the hand which gives the mortal wound, dy
Life's ebbing current ſtreams upon the ground. - DH
Nor mourn’d the King alone; through all the land,
Cut off by Heav'n's exterminating hand,
E’en from the palace to the rural ſhed, godis sobimi A.
Egypt's firſt born, Jehovah's victims bled':
Firſt born of Man and beaſt. Heaps of the ſlain
A
Strew ev'ry field, and cover ev'ry plain.
But O! what words can paint the dire affright,
Or match the horrors of the fatal night?
Amidſt the judgments, from Jehovah pour’d,
In atteſtation dread of Iſrael's Lord,
Though
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elsorg 91T
Though of life's animating joys bereftyou donžusb mit
When ſcarce a gleam of flattring hope was left, zo rin
The Parent (in misfortune’s darkeſt hour, geloc board
So ſtrong, O Nature, thy ſuſtaining pow'r;)
Bleft by the preſence of her darling Child,
E'en then the Parent ev'ry fear beguild. w asorg
Where now, ſad change! Where
ſad change! Where can the Suff'rer find
Aſſuaging comfort to the wounded mind? oilado no2 eiH
For ever loft is He, who could allayot 2102 foblo ciH
Life's varied ills, chafe ev'ry care away: 11 en 10 abiti
In whom, when fortune fmild, the Parent found in
Her happier lot with two-fold bleſſings crown’d. 19
Pierc'd with the agonies of dumb defpair, bir gun TOVI
The Mother ſinks upon her bleeding Heir. Had to uno
Amidſt the gen’ral carnage of the night, orij rriott no
No terrors on the tribe of Iſrael light. od Maitatavo,
Aw'd by the ſprinkled blood, which mark’d the place,
(Diſcriminating ſign of heav'nly grace) blo vivo, venta
From them, in mercy's milder form array’d, rw !O boa
The Angel turns aſide the reeking blade. cito com 10
So dispone and I cannot be able
bro. I elosit to lowerbefroidTo
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To what ſuperior arm, O God, fave thine,
Can Man ſuch deſolating pow'r aſſign?
Or what, ſave thy benignant, guardian care, last
Can, in the midſt of publick carnage, ſpare? T
Conſcious of this, and overwhelm'd with dread,
Left heavier judgments ſtrike th’ Offender's head,
The Tyrant yields, convenes the rev'rend Seers,
And, trembling, thus unfolds his gloomy fears.
“ From Egypt's confines take your deſtin'd
way; LION
“ Pharaoh no more diſplays tyrannick ſway. fo
6. Your God, that God who ſhakes the Memphian throne,
“ Him now Almighty I vouchſafe to own. 19 od
“ Hence with your flocks and herds, e'en all your Train,
" And bend your ſteps towards th' appointed plain! In
“ There, as religion's inſtitutes require, goria
“ Upon the altar wake the facred fire. du monde
“ The Deity, in whom your tribes confide, forse
“ Be he your health, your tutelary Guide.
“ And as to him ye bend the ſuppliant knee,
,
66 Amidſt your fervent vows, forget not me.”
Thus
Brno BE
gyon-ny
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THE EXODUS:
Thus Pharaoh ſpake, and ſtraight, bleft found to hear,
The note of freedom ſtruck the raviſh'd ear.
Reſcued from ſervitude's oppreffive chains,
The Sons of Iſrael croud the hated plains ;
Eager to leave the Tyrant's dire abode, s to ENCOD
And once again adore the living God.busįsivsor :49, 1
Nor with leſs zeal (this is their laſt reſource)
Th’Egyptians quicken their intended courſe. 10 photo
From ev'ry part they come; (fo Heav'n's controul 11
Softens the fierceneſs of the hoſtile ſoul,) et nois de 3
They come; and, from their ſecret ſtores, produce Y 33
Whate'er can tend to ornament, or uſe;
WSJ
Treaſures of gold, and veſts of various dye
เC 2 ตัว 33
They bring; and freely Ifrael's wants fupply. d bra do
All now compleat, while joy fires ev'ry heart, stort og
From Egypt's realm the num'rous bands depart. og Ung
E’en a whole Nation moves in long array, (visa ents
And to the defart take their deſtin'd way. mor o u
Though through the Philiſtèan kingdom runs as bras
A nearer tract, forewarn’d, that Ifrael ſhuns:
Left looſe Idolatry's alluring charm,
With ſofter blandiſhments, the mind diſarm;
Un-nerve
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Un-nerve the ſoul, and from the hallow'd law, oni
In pleaſure's form, its better hopes withdraw: oct 03)
Or left, by formidable Hoſts enclos'd, vt ili od
And inexpert themſelves, to war expos’d, inili sa
They backward turn, at death’s diſtracting thought,
Preferring life, although with freedom bought. 333
Hence through the wilderneſs, as Heav'n decreed,
In long array th’exulting Tribes proceed: con lood
And with them (at the preſcient hour of death,
So will’d the aged Seer's departing breath)
Are carried Joſeph's bones. By Heav'n inſpir’d,
With freedom's animating proſpect fir’d,
The diſtant time the rev'rend Seer foreſaw,
When Iſrael ſhould from Egypt's realm withdraw.
Oristagineu'yd built on
Nor abſent is their God. A cloud by day, T13
Preceding, aſcertains th' appointed way;
A pillar of celeſtial fire by night,
Around their tents ſheds tutelary light. w obu 30
At length to Migdol Moſes leads the Hoft, or ove
Where the deep ſtream laves the Arabian coaſt;
There
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30
THE EXODUS:
There they encamp. — Meantime the Tyrant's breaſt,
(So ſoon the dread of judgment is ſuppreſt) Suuselasıl
Glows with revenge.
“ Shall Pharaoh then (he cried)
By Iſraelsrebel tribes be thus defied ? 3199 313 A
“ A daftard Hoft of contumelious Slaves swalasa
slobci yoni
Spurns my ſupremacy, my vengeances braves.rulet'
“ Shall Egypt's King ſubmit, and let foul ſhame
“ Blaſt the fair honours of his royal name? mis pol ml
66 No.- Periſh all, victims to Pharaoh's rage, iw bn A
" Who dare preſumptuous war 'gainſt Egypt wage.--
“ Fortune no more the fanguine hope beguiles; 59 SIA
Prompt to our wiſh, the partial Goddeſs ſmiles.
“ Near the deep ſtream encamp'd, the Tribes afford
“ An eafy prey to Egypt's thirſty ſword for the cars
" And ſhall we, ſummon'd by benignant fate,
Though thus diſhonour'd, ſtill inactive wait?
66 Forbid it ſhame. Prepare the martial car,
Range the ſwift ſteeds, and pour the tide of war.
“ Nought can wipe off the ſtains of foul difgrace,
66 Save the extinction of the fullen race.
Site
Thus
66
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Thus ſpake the Tyrant. — All approve the doom;
Gird on the ſword, and ſhake the creſted plume.
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Revenge inſpires the threat’ning band, but more
The keen remembrance of their golden ſtore;
The gifts which they on Ifrael's Sons beſtow'd, sed
The raging breaſt with tenfold fury goad.
Fir'd by the proſpect of unbounded prey,
The marſhall’d Troops advance in firm array.
Thron’d in his car, ſtern Pharaoh takes the lead :
E’en now anticipates the glorious deed;
E’en now, in fond imagination loft, was
Returns triumphant o'er the routed Hoft.
a bis 1601
Through Ifrael's camp th’alarming tidings ſpread,
And overwhelm the ſoul with gloomy dread.
In ev'ry quarter blank deſpair appears; cord et
Indignant murmurs next beſpeak their fears.
" Is this the boaſted freedom, this the prize,
6. For which from Egypt's Tyrant Ifrael flies? kan
66 In front, the ſea diſplays its foaming ſurge;
“ Behind, the fanguinary Legions urge.
66. What
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THE EXODUS:
1
“ What arm can counteract the fatal blow.Psql and T
“ Who reſcue Iſrael from the vengeful Foedd co brid
“ Far better fate in bondage to remain, aoralni gobye SI
“ And groan beneath oppreſſion's galling chain, 1 od 1
" Than periſh thus, whelm'd in the cloſing flood, NT
“ Or dye the hoſtile plain with ſacred blood.miesto
bolsodass to Boloq ons vd bin
And, dar'ſt thou thus, preſumptuous Iſrael, ventAT
The bold ſurmiſe of peevilh diſcontent? eid ni b'mon
Dar'ſt thou, precipitate, that God diſown, as won nisl
Whoſe judgments aw'd the Monarch's tott'ring throne?
That God, who oft, for Ifrael's Tribes, diſplay'dual
Th’atteſting wonders of fupernal aid ?
Think'ſt thou, that he, aw'd by the arm of Man,
Will abrogate redemption's gracious plan? wio:vo bna
Who reſts beneath Jehovah's out-ſtretch'd wings, vom
May brave the menace of oppoſing Kings. - Dibul
Exitqrərli eidt eftiobolt bostsod ens eint els
And lo! the fable cloud, (auſpicious fign!)in wo wo
Which kept the foot from error's devious line, che non
Moves to the rear; and, left the Foe purſue, como
With thwarting gloom obſcures the baffled view.
Yet
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Yet ſtill, amidſt night's dark and low’ring ſhades,
The camp of Iſrael genial light pervades.
Moſes towards the ſea extends his rod,
The potent fymbol of th' inſpiring God.:
From the bleak eaſt all night the tempeſt beats :
Backward all night th' arreſted ſea retreats.
Soon as the morning dawn’d, ʼmidſt the wide flood,
Whoſe waves, like * cryſtal walls, collected ſtood,
Dry land appears. Onward the trepid Hoft
Securely paſs, and gain the adverſe coaſt.
Nor linger Pharaoh's Bands. Swift o'er the plain, T.
The chariots roll towards the fever'd main.
And now, anticipating full fuccefs, 123 10 2 OTOT OIT 1
Through the deep gulph th’imbattl’d Legions preſs. 7 >>
Once more the Son of Amram ſuppliant bends, Desa
And o'er the parted waves his rod extends.
By Heav'n impell’d, on Ifrael's vaunting Foes, amigos
With dreadful craſh the confluent waters cloſe.
Dread proof what judgments on the impious wait;
Not one eſcapes exterminating fate.
Se parecen en
Thus
Between two cryſtal walls.
Paradiſe Loſt. Book XII. 1. 196.
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THE EXODUS:
1
Thus reſcued from the Tyrant's out-ſtretch'd hand,
Around their Chief the Tribes of Iſrael ſtand.
He, Heav’n’s avenging Delegate confeft, 3
Thus ſpeaks the feelings of a grateful breaſt. )og on'.
(And, as to God he pours the ſtrain divine,
In the triumphal fong the People join.) ; ils busy
buy only limbawab Beton or as tool
“ To thee, eternal Pow'r, my voice I raiſe;
“ To thee, Almighty, fwell the note of praiſe.
not
“ Thou art my ſtrength and rock. To thee belong
«« Th’exalted honors of the publick Song.
publick Song.I zagoto
66 When the ſtern Foe, fluſh'd with imperial pride,
ori
“ The terrors of celeſtial wrath defied; ons wat bra
“ When, truſting in the arm of human aid, is die
«« 'Gainſt Heav'n his ſwelling banners he diſplay'd; 10
" As the ſwift flame, urgʻd by the driving blaſt,
“ Burns the light ſtubble of the deſart waſte, vou the
“ Thus, Lord, thy vengeance ſeiz’d th' arreſted
Swept in a moment from the face of day.co
QUE TOO medle smo to
“ Through Egypt ruſhing, with tremendous bound,
“ The chariots rolld, and ſhook the trembling ground.
High
prey,
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“ High ’midſt the reſt, like an exalted God,
“ In his proud car the creſted Monarch rode.
“ Revenge, revenge, the froward Warriors cry,
“ While ſparks of triumph flaſh from ev'ry eye.
“ E’en now, exulting at the glorious ſcene,
" The copious harveſt of the field they glean.
“ For what, when Egypt's martial Lords purſue,
“ What can preſerve the daftard, ſervile Crew ?
66 Perdition whelm their Hoft, nor leave a trace,
“ A ſingle veſtige of the rebel race!
" That all may hence the Gods of Egypt own,
66 And bow ſubmiſſive to the Memphian throne.
Preſumptuous threat! Where's now the Tyrant's boaſt?
“ O where the triumphs of the creſted Hoſt?
“ Chariots and Horſe, the flow'r of Pharaoh's pride,
66 Lie whelm'd for ever in the cloſing tide. el arw
his
toon
“ Among the Gods, what Deity ſhall dare
“ His ſtrength with thine, eternal Lord, compare?
“ What arm, what potent arm, O Lord, ſave thine,
“ Can the deep waters of the ſea disjoin?
66 What
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T HE E X O D US:
“ What pow'r, ſave thine, the ſever'd waves controul,
66 And bid them in their wonted channels roll?
“ Thine be the praiſe. — Nor ends the triumph here:
“ Edom's proud Dukes now ſhake with conſcious fear. »
" The troubled Nile, in whoſe voracious wombros
“ Iſrael's firſt-born once met their mortal doom, or :)
“ Mourns his aſpiring hopes for ever fled, ndio
66 And tears the treffes from his azure head.
66 Where Arnon from thy mountains, Gilead, ſprings,
" And to the * briny fea its tribute brings, v slonil Ads
“ Through ev'ry diftrict now, wide-ſpreading fame
- Atteſts the glories of Jehovah's name. l wod bread
66 Awd by the wonders of his vengeful arm, mutors 5
“ Gigantick Moab feels the dread alarm, i grow on
66 And ſhrinks from Ifrael's reſcued Tribes : at length,
" Owns the frail impotence of human ſtrength.ri si
66 E’en now, from Araby, where th' eaſtern
ray
6 Sheds on the ſkirting hills the dawn of day, ma
66 To where the ſea, with circumfcribing waves, il a uz
66 The weſtern coaſt of fertile Egypt laves, mis on 25
* The dead Sea, faid to be particularly impregnated with Salt. Is edb 11002)
66 The
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" The Kings of Canaan, through her hundred States,
66 Hear the dire ſummons of impending fates.
They hear, and tremble left their wreſted throne,
66 Transferr’d to Iſrael, alien Monarchs own.
“ When o’er th' apoſtate nations of the world,
“« The terrors of thy wrath, O Lord, are hurld,
“ Who may abide the ſtorm? What mortal force
“ Can check the ſhaft in its unerring courſe?
“At thy dread bidding, from her ſecret ſtores,
“ Nature her complicated vengeance pours.
" Through the widt portals of the angry ſky,
“ Exterminating bolts of thunder fly.
6. The livid lightning darts along the plain,
“ Blaſting the labours of th' affrighted Swain.
" Or from the boſom of the troubled deep,
66 The waters ruſh with unreſiſted ſweep.
Anon, Flocks, Herds, and Buildings fall a prey,
By the wide-waſting torrent ſwept away,
foolt gontob and its
“ Theſe, everliving Lord, thy pow'r atteſt:
66 On them th’ Almighty's ſignet is impreſt.
66
66 At
44
THE EXODUS:
“ At thy behefts they ruſh; at thy command,
“ Scatter perdition o'er a guilty land.
" But far, O far from Iſraels happier ſeat,
May theſe thy judgments, awful Pow'r, retreat!
“ Ever, as now, in mercy's milder form,
“ From Ifrael's Sons avert the low'ring ſtorm!
“ As the bold * Eagle, to th'ethereal height,
“ With unreverted eye, directs his flight,
“ And on his pinions, far from danger's ſnares,
“ Far from the Spoiler's graſp, his callow Offspring bears;
" Thus, Lord, when dangers threat, in ftern
“When adverſe Pow’rs their warring Hoſts diſplay,
“ Thus ſhield thy choſen race! O thus preſide!
“ Safe thro’ the ſtorms of war, thy reſcued People guide!
array,
" And Ye, ye Tribes, whom Heav'n's parental care
“ Hath, in the midſt of wrath, vouchſaf’d to ſpare;
" For whom Jehovah's ſelf vindictive ſtood,
" And whelm'd the Tyrant in the cloſing Flood,
* Deuteronomy, Chap. xxxii. Ver. 11,
6 Deep
A PO E M.
45
Deep on the tablet of the heart engrave
" Jehovah's name! His arm alone could ſave :
66 His word alone could bid the waves ſubſide,
" And on the Foe recall the ſever'd tide.
« The God of Iſrael breaks your ſervile chains,
“ And points to Canaan's hoſpitable plains ;
“ Luxuriant Canaan, where, with laviſh hand,
“ Spontaneous nature crowns the teeming land.
“ If plenty, and the varied joys which wait
“ On facred freedom's independent ſtate,
“ If theſe poſſeſſions fire the patriot breaſt,
“ Your God adore! Be faithful, and be bleſt.

Τ Η Ε
DE LUGE,
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Ρ Ο Ε Μ.
B Y
THE REV. SAMUEL H A Y ES, A. M.
LATE SENIOR USHER OF WESTMINSTER SCHOOL.
DISCITE JUSTITIAM MONITI, ET NON TEMNERE DIVOS.
VIRGIL. Æ NEID. Lib. vi. 620.
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The following Lines were written for
Seaton's Prize at Cambridge. The publica-
tion, therefore, of an unſucceſsful Poem,
mày, perhaps, ſeem to arraign the judgment of
the Vice-Chancellor and the Maſter of Clare-
Hall. The
The Author, however, has not the
preſumption to decide upon this point, as it is
a caſe where natural partiality is very often apt
to determine wrong.
3
In laying theſe verſes before the Publick,
he ſubmits himſelf to that unprejudiced tribu-
nal, which ever did, and ever muſt, aſcertain
the claims of literary Competitors.
THE
DE L U GE.
LET
ET other Bards, at faſhion’s glitt'ring ſhrine, ,
Weave the light wreath, and pour th' obſequious line!
Let Satire, as the luft of int’reft ſways,
Unfounded cenſure deal, unfounded praiſe;
And in the triumph o'er her trembling prey,
Reap the ſhort harveſt of the tranſient day!
Did heav’nly grace for this on man beſtow
Preeminence in rank o'er all below!
B
Bid
[ 2 ]
Bid the rapt foul, touch'd with ethereal fire;
Beyond the narrow verge of earth aſpire ?
Not ſuch, O SEATON, thy dilated views:
To higher flights thou call’dſt the ſacred Muſe:
Foſter'd by thee, ſhe feels a purer flame,
And brings her off'ring to Jehovah's name:
Awful the theme, when Truth's bright records trace,
How kingdoms fell from their imperial baſe ;
How thouſands welter'd on the crimſon plain,
To ſwell the triumph of a Tyrant's train.
But far more awful that which now inſpires —
A theme that claims the Poet's nobleſt fires :
Deftruétion, from the throne of vengeance, burl'd,
In one vaſt ruin, o'er a guilty world.
When erſt the fiat of th' omnifick word,
E'en to the central ſhades of Chaos heard,
Call'd
[ 3 ]
Call’d forth to light this wond'rous frame; o'er all
That mov'd and breath'd on earth's ſuſpended ball,
Or travers’d, with light fin, the liquid wave,
To man Jehovah ſov’reign empire gave.
In Eden's groves he fixt his bleſt retreat,
Where ſpring eternal crown'd the fragrant feat.
Here had he flouriſh'd in immortal youth,
God his defence, his guide unerring truth.
By gratitude unmov’d, preſumptuous man
Spurn’d the beheſts of Heav’n’s benignant plan.
Exild from Paradiſe; hence doom'd to wait
The thwarting ills of life's precarious ſtate,
He wander'd o'er the earth; where now no more
Spontaneous plenty pour'd her golden ſtore;
But daily want exacted daily toil,
E’er the rich produce crown the ſtubborn foil,
Yet even thus, not plung’d in dark deſpair,
The ſons of men celeſtial goodneſs ſhare.
Tho
[ 4 ]
Tho' labour be enjoin'd, Heav'n fill ſupplies,
The foft'ring influence of benignant ſkies;
Bids the moiſt cloud, and genial dew allay
The fervour of the ſun's exhauſting ray.
Hence induſtry beholds, with raptur'd heart,
The ſmiling field its copious ſtores impart;
Sees the full harveſt ſwell with varied grain,
Nor dreads the pow'r of winter's torpid reign.
Such was the ſtate of man, condemn'd to know
The ſharp viciſſitudes of mortal woe;
Midſt want and care to draw life's dubious breath,
And fear, each coming hour, the arm of death.
Yet ſhould he not, thus doom'd to toil, complain,
Nor dare the judgments of his God arraign :
That God who interpos'd but one command,
For all the bleſſings of his bounteous hand.
Apoftacy from duty's ſacred path
Drew down the vengeance of celeſtial wrath,
Abridg’d
[ 5 ]
Abridg’d the ſcene of bliſs, and, and dire reverſe !
Bound all mankind in one perpetual curſe.
Had mercy here for ever ta’en her fight,
Deſpair had whelm'd us in eternal night.
Far happier would it be to graze the plain,
Skim the light air, or cleave the liquid main.
The brute, who owns not reaſon's lucid ray,
And acts from inſtinct's momentary ſway,
Forebodes no ill. Content with nature's food,
He knows no anxious wiſh for future good.
And while around him death's pale triumphs ſpread,
He feels within no ſympathetic dread;
But bleſt with what ſupports the fleeting hour,
Heeds not the menace of his ruthlefs pow'r.
Not ſuch the lot of Man, by reaſon taught
At diſtant views to point the glowing thought.
Tho'fortune pour the tide of full ſucceſs,
Crown the warm wiſh, the fav’rite project bleſs,
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Ima-
[ 6 ]
Imagination frames ſome new deſire,
And warms the breaſt with renovated fire, est
But did ambition, burning with the flame
Of regal glories, graſp its utmoſt aim; si bal single
Did av’rice, brooding o'er the golden ſpoil, wil on the
See countleſs treaſures greet fucceſsful toil;
'Midſt all the joys with which the boſom glows,
Intruſive death cuts off ſecure repoſe.lt
For who, if, life extinct, no hope allay la calle
Our paſſage from the chearful paths of day,
Can undiſmay'd meet death? With tranquil heart
From ev'ry pleaſing relative depart? Lord
Relinquiſh all that fooths the ſocial mind,
« Nor caſt one longing, lin'gring look behind ?”
Tho' heav'nly wrath on Adam's guilty head
Labour and death entail’d, ſoft mercy ſhed
Auſpicious grace, and darting thro' the gloom
Hope's genial ftar, allay'd the mortal doom.
Fall'n
[ 7 ]
Fall'n as he is from his immortal ſtate,
This hallow'd promiſe ſooths th' award of fate;
That he, the Fiend, whoſe faſcinating ſnare
From duty's path ſeduc'd the happy pair,
Should, the proud boaſt in diſappointment loft,
See all his hopes by Man for ever croft.
Goodneſs immenfe! That God, whoſe fov’reign ſway
All things thro' wide Creation's range obey,
Deigns o'er the deſart waſte, which fin had made,
To ſtrew the mercies of Almighty aid.
And yet how oft, regardleſs of the debt,
Did Adam's froward race their God forget!
How oft, unmindful of his high decree,
To idols bend the proſtituted knee !
From age to age, thus ftain'd with foul revolt,
Celeſtial patience check'd th’ uplifted bolt.
Array'd at length in horror's direſt form,
Vengeance awakes th' exterminating ſtorm.
Vengeance
[ 8 ]
Vengeance how juſt! In man's degen'rate race
Sin had now ſcarcely left one virtuous trace. ----
* Here, while the ſhades of night involve the earth,
Intemp’rance fires the ſtrain of frantick mirth.
At the rich board, where art and pow'r diſpenſe
Whate’er can pamper the voluptuous ſenſe,
Vice fits enthron'd-Around the venal throng
Swell the loud note, and pour the joyous fong.
Cloſe at the minion's ſide, the female choir
By turns excite the flame of looſe deſire :
And as he quaffs the faſcinating bowl,
Fan the wild tumult of the fenſual foul.
Like the gaunt Tenant of the lonely grove,
By hunger urg'd ʼmidſt night's drear gloom to rove,
* Decription of the Wickedneſs of the world previous to the deluge,
There
[ 9 ]
There lawleſs rapine, arm’d with * Giant force,
By darkneſs ſhrouded, ſtalks his murd'rous courſe.com
Por lo tantognolo tegning
No ties are now rever'd, no claims are heard, and
Save thoſe by mercenary luft preferr’d.
The warm officious friend, whoſe ſubtle art
Had twin’d around the unſuſpecting heart, amit dhe
Array'd in amity's inſidious garb, on le duiwemoly ban
Affaflin-like directs th' envenom'd barb;
Nor ſcorns to proſecute the dark deſign, met
Tho' friendſhip bleed at int’reſt's fordid ſhrine.
As beauty's charms allure the roving eye,
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* The Giants mentioned in the fixth Chapter of Geneſis, are ſuppoſed by ſome
Commentators to have been men of large bulk and ſtature, by others, to have been
robbers and tyrants.
WOD TONI gelan
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[ 10 ]
Connubial love, the balm by Heav'n beſtow'd
To footh the labour of life's rugged road, od álgrib va
Participates no longer mutual truſt,
But falls a victim to licentious luft. Om
Hence, e'er revolving years have ſtamp'd him Man, ama
(So ſwift the torrent of contagion ran) oibito T
The tainted Youth to ſhameleſs vice aſpires, Dita boleh
And glows with all the Father's guilty fires.cus ni bert A
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Loft in the whirl of paſſion's wild career.Id girl begint opta
At guilt's fell impulſe, the fraternal knife
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Sees ev'ry hope of earthly comfort fail;
Of want the prey, the butt of youthful ſport,
By filial rapine ſtripp'd of life's ſupport :
Or meets the ſtroke of death, condemn’d to know
That filial fury deals the mortal blow.
* The
[ II ]
* The Son of Lamech (he alone, unftain'd
By guilt's foul current, ſteadfaſt faith maintain'd;
In Virtue's paths ſtill uncorrupted trod,
Nor ſpurn'd the mandates of the living God.)
He marks, with anguiſh marks, pollution's courſe,
And tries to check the torrent's whelming force :
"5 + Thus, is it thus (exclaims th' indignant Seer)
" O loft to ev'ry ſenſe of ſacred fear,
66 To ev'ry ſenſe of thoſe rich bleſſings dead,
" From day to day by heav'nly mercy ſhed;
" Is't thus to him, from whom this bounty flows,
" Ye pay the debt which frail dependence owes ?
« Did God for this to Man's capacious heart
6 Reaſon's diſcriminating pow’rs impart?
* Noah.
+ Tho' this is not directly mentioned by Moſes, yet as St. Peter in his ſecond
Epiſtle, calls Noah “ a Preacher of Righteouſneſs," it may naturally be ſuppoſed.
16 Alone
[ 12 ]
<<
" Alone of all creation's varied hoft,
" Bid him the heav'n-directed viſage boaſt? *
Degen’rate Slaves, who thus, in form divine,
" To ſordid paſſions ev'ry thought conſign!
" Who, touch'd with Heav'n's illuminating ray,
Abjure all claims, ſave luft's imperious ſway !
“ Degen’rate Slaves, who, funk beneath the beaſt,
" When giddy riot holds her wanton feaft,
« In clam'rous mirth, and pleaſure's looſe embrace,
«The ſacred image of your God deface;
“ Nor reſt, until + th’intoxicating bowl o ube
“ In ftupor bind the functions of the ſoul !
“ Think ye that he, whoſe eye, in darkeſt ſhades,
“ Each ſecret of the ſubtle heart pervades ; nola),
" Think
ye
that he, whoſe pow'r no limits bind,
" To apathy's dull liſtleſs floth reſign’d,
ber
* Erectos ad Sidera tollere vultus.
Ovid Metam. Lib. i. 86.
+ As it is a diſputed point whether wine was known before the Deluge, the Author
thought himſelf at liberty to adopt this ſide of the queſtion.
- Will
[ 13 ]
«. Will ne'er, in righteous judgment, intervene,
“Nor pour his anger on the guilty ſcene ?
foringini os
“ Tho' gladneſs deck the variegated plain, for med 0,5
Auſpicious mark of plenty's ſmiling reign,
" And the rich vine, whence ſenſual joys diſtil,
" With genial bluſhes tinge th’empurpled hill ;
". Tho' all your paths, with fragrant roſes ſtrew'd,
« Lead but to feſtive pleaſure's bleft abode ;
“ Think ye that guilt will God's dread arm evade,
« For ever ſhrouded in oblivion's ſhade?
« Deluded fools ! Tho' thus, by mercy ſpard,
" Ye have as yet luxurious comforts ſhar'd,
" Think not the thunder, hitherto ſuppreſt,
" For ever will in languid ſlumber reſt! stroke
“ Heav’n’s wrath is flow; yet dire the tempeſt breaks,
“ Whene'er Omnipotence in vengeance wakes.
" He, who call’d forth from night's diſcordant womb
This fabrick, can, if ſo his judgments doom,
" Deſtruc-
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[ 14 ]
“ Deſtruction pour; and, from it's bafis hurld,
« In primal nothing whelm th’ obdurate world. To
“ O then reflect ! In this propitious hour, anna font
" While patience checks th' avenging bolt of pow'r;
« E'er on your heads reſiſtleſs ruin fall, oro BTA
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“ Spurn not religion’s monitory call!ud ring W
- A moment pauſe! On ruin's pointed verge, is de
« Will ye Omnipotence to vengeance urge?ng braio
" One moment pauſe ! Your God yet deigns to ſpare,
Deigns to accept contrition's fuppliant pray’r:
“ Falln as ye are from virtue’s radiant path, babola
Suſpends th' exterminating bolt of wrath. stad
" He, who in Heav'n's eternal KING confides,
« Conſcious that there alone all pow'r reſides ;
" Who ev'ry deed and thought by faith directs,
6. Conſcious his God each deed and thought infpe&ts
• Should fate, in danger's moſt tremendous form,
Againſt him point the deſolating ſtorm,
66 He
[ 15 ]
" He reſts fecure. Tho' on the trembling ear
« Burſt the dire craſh of earth’s disjointed ſphere,
« * He, ’midſt the general wreck, ſtands undiſmay’d,
“ Mercy his hope, his truſt almighty aid." os du moet
el meinst d vs Irroto pozwon't
Thus, in truth's awful words, the glowing fagedami to
To virtue’s precepts calld a ſtubborn age ; non vann
But call'd in vain. As well, when o'er the deep in bed
Contentious winds in adverſe fury ſweep, 2 ad olid pH
May reaſon try the tempeſt to reſtrain, Duomodo ว่า
And huſh the billows of the turbid main. selqolidW
រង់ចាម នៃរ
tirgans anistono dild anilor et
Mercy at length for man no longer pleads :
From earth's polluted ſcenes ſhe now recedes.
of more
Vengeance awakes. Yet, e'er her judgments ſhed
The baleful ſtorm on guilt's obdurate head,
* Si fra&us illabatur orbis, bouts ooit void dubna
TS Impavidum ferient ruinæ. Hor. Oo, iii, Lib. .
Vindictive
[ 16 ]
Vindi&tive juſtice, faith’s fupreme reſource, bo
From virtue turns deſtruction's deſtin'd courſe. il luna
That Pow'r, to whom, with uncorrupted breaſt,
The Son of Lamech fervent pray’r addreſs’d,
From whoſe eternal law, by faſhion ſway'd,
Or int’reſt lur'd, allegiance never ſtray'd,
That ſov’reign Pow'r in wrath vouchſafes to ſpare,
And ſhields his Suppliant with paternal care.
He, while the ſons of men licentious range,
Loft in the round of folly's varied change ;
While pleaſure, with lethean torpor fraught, bude bava
In preſent bliſs enchains the pamper'd thought;
He, in the foreſt's ſhade, by Heav’n’s command,
From day to day exerts his active hand. tione in a morte
Though mortals yet, by thirſt of knowledge fir’d, Pov
Had ne’er beyond their native realms aſpir’d, wand
Had not, by av’rice urg'd, yet dar'd to brave,
With dauntleſs prow, the ocean's ſwelling wave;
Noah
[ 17 ]
Noah (for Heav'n directs the arduous toil)
Without a model forms the naval pile;
And, leſt corruption on the fabrick
prey,
With * cedar ſtems the pow'r of time's decay.
Slow is the proceſs to the deſtin'd end;
No ſocial hands their vigorous efforts blend :
With converſe ſweet, and friendſhip’s ſoothing ſmiles,
No one the tedious hour of toil beguiles.
Though thus ſequeſter'd thro' revolving years,
Heav'n's gracious word the lonely Exile chears;
Salvation's promiſe gilds the dreary gloom,
Braces the trembling arm, and hallows labour's doom.
At length (for what can patient toil withſtand,
When heav'nly ſuccour nerves the active hand ;)
* Commentators have diſputed what the wood was, of which Noah built the Ark,
and which in Scripture is called Gopher Wood. Some have ſuppoſed it to be Cedar
en account of its incorruptibility,
The
[ 18 ]
The confecrated fabrick now compleat, VASH 10b} sico
Within the winding cavern's fafe retreat, toner
Of ev'ry beaſt that haunts the grove or plain,
Of all that ſweep the ground with finuous train,
And ev'ry bird that ſkims the buoyant air,
Noah of each enclos’d a choſen pair.
That hence the world, extinct the former race,
Might re-aſſume its animated face.
All things arrang’d by Heav'n's o’erruling fate,
The veſſel laſt receives its holy freight,
The rev’rend Seer, the Partner of his bed,
And filial train, by facred guidance led,
Their God adore. To his award reſign'd,
Here from the menac'd ſtorm a refuge find.
Horror be now the theme-But O! what ſtrain,
Unleſs a Seraph's wing the Bard ſuſtain,
Can, in fit numbers of exalted verſe,
The terrors of celeſtial wrath rehearſe?
Anon
[ 19 ]
Anon the face of Heav'n drear gloom enſhrouds : son's
From the moiſt ſouth ruſh the collected clouds,
And cloſe in dark array. From ev'ry vale,
And ev'ry mountain's top, dank ſteams exhale.it
Nor long the pauſe, e're from the treaſur'd ſtores
The ſhelving atmoſphere its vengeance pours.
Twice twenty days and nights, in ceaſeleſs courſe,
Down ſweeps the torrent's overwhelming force.
Meanwhile the fountains, from each ſecret ſpring
Of nature call’d, to the deep ocean bring
Their blended tribute. Hence the indignant main,
Spurning the limits of its former reign,
Conſcious God calls it now thoſe bounds to paſs,
Wide rolls o’er earth the congregated maſs.
Fear and diſtraction fit in ev'ry eye:
For whither can the helpleſs victim fly?
If to the tow'ring branch he ſpeed his flight,
Or climb the mountain's cloud envelop'd height,
Short
[ 20 ]
-0
Short is the reſpite. With reſiſtleſs ſway
The waters riſe, and whelm their trembling prey.
Th' aerial tribe, ſcar'd from th' accuſtom'd tree,
To higher points, in queſt of refuge, flee.
Thence frighted by the torrent's ſwelling ſurge,
Thro' the dank air their dubious courſe they urge.
Till in the deep at length, with languid plume,
Th' exhauſted Flutt'rer meets the common doom.
Unhappy race of men! Conſcience too late
Beholds the end of fin's abandon's ſtate.
.
Convinc'd too late that nature owns a GOD
In vain ye wiſh the paths of guilt untrod.
O'er the foul ſtains of riot's giddy years,
Ye drop contrition's unavailing tears..
Regret is fruitleſs, if it never wake,
'Till on guilt's head th' avenging tempeſt break.
In bleak adverſity's unſhelter'd hour,
To feel, and venerate, religion's pow'r ;
Το
[ 21 ]
To loath the paths of vice, when every charms
Flies at the touch of fate's reſiſtleſs arm, beren
Is impotent remorſe. Contrition here
Flows not from conſcience, but defponding fear.
Freedom of choice muſt virtue’s merit raiſe,
For freedom only claims intrinſick praiſe.
DO SET
Earth now not e’en a ſingle veſtige Thews---
O’er ev'ry hill triumphant ruin flows.
Thro’ the meanders of the myrtle grove,
Stain'd with the guilty ſcenes of wanton love,
Thoſe ſeats, where oft, with vernal roſes crown'd,
Luxurious pleaſure tripp'd her feſtive round,
There now, by famine urg'd, with prowling ſweep
Roam the fell monſters of th' intruſive deep.
Mid theſe dread ſcenes, while o’er earth's delug'd plains
In gloomy triumph deſolation reigns, en
Buoy'd
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Buoy'd on the bofom of th' avenging waves,
The ſacred veſſel inundation braves.
Firm 'gainſt the torrent's iterated force,
With prow ſecure ſhe ſhapes her ſteady courſe.
At length the angry ſtorms ſubſide.
No more
The burſting cataracts their vengeance pour.
Wide thro' the air, by louring gloom o'ercaſt,
From the North ſweeps the cloud-compelling blaſt.
Anon the ſun, with renovated rays,
In Heav’n’s high arch meridian pomp diſplays;
And as he darts the pure unclouded beam,
In copious draughts abſorbs the leſs’ning ſtream.
Back to their native deep the water's glide;
Reſtricted there, they roll their wonted tide.
The Son of Lamech (for th' impeded prow
Reſts upon Ararat's emerging brow)
Sends
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Sends forth a Dove. Aloft in air ſhe ſprings,
And fcours the liquid realm with outſtretch'd wings.
No reft ſhe finds. Tho' long, tho' wide ſhe fly,
No ſtreak of verdure chears the anxious eye.
Wearied at length, back to th' * Armenian height,
With flagging plumes the ſteers her wary flight.
Sev'n days had paſs’d. Again, in queſt of land,
The faithful Courier quits her Guàrdian's hand.-
The mountain now, with orient verdure ſpread,
High o'er the flood had rais’d its gliſt’ning head;
The lofty cedar now, with quiv'ring fprays,
O’er the ſmooth ſurface of the deluge plays;
And here and there the op’ning vales are ſeen,
Clad in the glories of renaſcent green.
E’re night approach, on duty's active wing
The Dove returns, nor fails a ſign to bring;
In her glad beak an olive branch ſhe bears,
Pacifick mark that heav’nly mercy ſpares.
* Mount Ararat,
Again
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Again commiſſion'd, thro' the verdant groves,
From morn to eve the chearful Wand'rer roves.
The night returns, yet ſtill ſhe joys to roam,
And, charm’d with freedom, ſpurns her former home.
Hence conſcious that the world no longer lay,
Vindi&tive inundation's delug'd prey,
From the high bark the Seer and all his train
Marco
Deſcending tread the renovated plain.
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Swift to the grove the feather'd exiles throng,
And ſwell their little throats in grateful fong.
Quick glancing thro' the graſs, or dewy brake,
In ſpeckled triumph glides the creſted ſnake.
Blith o'er the plain th' innoxious cattle wind;
The favage race in woods a refuge find.
A nobler
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A nobler flame in Noah's boſom burns;
To Heav'n, on bended knee, the Suppliant turns :
Adores that God, to whom their bliſs they owe,
From whom alone all future good muſt flow.
Nor vain the pray’r.—Thus the Almighty ſpeaks :
“The rod of vengeance now my mercy breaks.
- Henceforth ſhall Heav'n's propitiatory grace
6. From inundation ſhield man's reſtituted race.
He ſpake, and lo! with hues of varied die,
Bright beams the bow athwart th' encircled ſky :
Hence giv’n in ev'ry age, when tempefts lour,
To ſhed mild influence o’er the burſting ſhow'r;
Benignant fign, that deluge ſhould no more
O'er a loft world its gather'd waters pour.
See ft thou this mark, O man, this hallow'd fign,
Yet dar'ſt to fin th' immortal foul reſign?
Still dar'ſt thou in the paths of guilt to move,
And ſpurn the ſymbol of celeſtial love ?
H
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Think'ſt thou, becauſe acceding mercy ſpares,
The arm of God no vengeful thunder bears ?
Thus thought man's earlier race, thus ſwoln with pride,
And ſlaves to luſt, the living God defied.
Yet on ſecurity's luxurious hour
Heav’n pour’d the judgments of almighty pow'r,
* E'en fo, what time creation's orbs expire,
Whelm'd in the deluge of refiftleſs fire,
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The Son of man ſhall come. While pamper'd luſt
On pleaſure’s baſe erects her airy truſt;
While vice, buoy'd up by fortune's gentle gale,
O’er the ſmooth ſtream expands her ſilken fail;
Thus ſhall the Son of man, in dread array,
The terrors of paternal wrath diſplay.--
E'en as the thief, 'midſt night's incumbent ſhades,
With unexpected graſp, his prey invades,
So on the ſlumb’ring world, in ſin immerſt,
Shall the dire ſtorm of final vengeance burſt.---
* St. Matthew, Chap. xxiv. Ver. 37.
Who
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Who mercy's proffer'd grace indignant ſpurns,
And ev'ry bleſſing to pollution turns;
Who plung’d in guilt, abjures all moral ties,
And e’en Omnipotence itſelf defies;
On him, tho' flow ſhe wind her filent path,
Juſtice at laſt will will pour unerring wrath.
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