How grand appears yon brilliant flaming globe!
See, how stupendous worlds fly round its orb;
Lo, by Almighty power the whole were form'd,
And each, perhaps, displays a fruitful strand,
Where seasons roll, and days with years combine
In grand succession, as His laws consign!

These to attend He rais'd a superb train; Earth, with delight, behold yon lucid moon Circumgyrating! as she whirling turns In hand her brother's taper glorious shines! Yon brilliant diamonds, globes, in boundless space Had all by Him assign'd a proper place; That fix'd a sparkling, bright effulgent sun This made a flying world around to turn. All ever glowing run while courses time, Most superb shew magnificence sublime. Creative power, an Architect allwise Whose hand unerring such perfection shews. As in supernal radiance circling fly, They glory give eternal Majesty, Tell their Creator in a choral strain In perfect concord; and, in air divine, Each fleeting day, each transitory year Rehearse the praise of God's Almighty Power.

Next animation from her sleepy bed, Rose at His word, and various shapes display'd; And all endow'd with life's elastic spring, A perfect race of workmanship supreme;

Fish, insects, birds, and beasts of numerous forms
Ere long sought man to give them proper names;
And each in language fitted to its kind

Told it was formed by a divine hand.

The earth then bade spontaneously to yield
Its numerous beauties: mountain, vale, and field,
Great Cultivator's high behest obey'd,

And nature sprang luxuriously array'd
In grand display, of varied glowing tint,
Earth's surface to adorn, the first intent

Life's cravings to supply, real pleasure yield

Through garden, grove, mount, vale, and grateful field.

In charming cadence all unite their lays,

To, in grand symphony, Jehovah praise;
As blooming spring kind woos the new-taught song,
With charming sonnets to enliven morn,

Sweet Flora gives, in variegated tune,

The Hand that fram'd her pastorales divine;
The rosy summer cheeringly preludes
Delightful stanzas to the rising blades:
Autumnal plenty feeds the choral band,
Her wavy fields give the Allegro grand,
Her cooling zephyrs welcome harvest home,
Her rustic matins praise in jocund train
The Power rewarding labor's rural toil,
In mercy yielding plenteous treat to all.
The winter's breath white robed meadows urge
To sing departing year the social dirge:

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Thus nature's superb tones all-perfect give
Their grateful lays to hymn Jehovah's love.

Last Man is made, and of the wondrous whole On earth created, crowned lord of all.

THE MUSE.

How grand His work! how wonderful His skill! Ah! man, but thee, how all their task fulfil! The oceans cause commercial plans to thrive, The dropping clouds thee every luxury give; Each solar ray's effulgent radiance, Prevents eternal night's predominance, Bids dreary winter not perpetual raise, Her chilling blasts, her everlasting snows; But spring and summer, and autumnal bloom, Progressive lead in variegated train, All luxuries bearing to industrious man. Then, thanks to Thee, Great God omnipotent, Exact thy works perform their grand intent!

O, how amaz'd, when turn'd inquiring sight
To view the wonders of a cloudless night!
The truly grand Cerulean canopy,
Declares to man how great his God must be :
Though mortals can't omnipotence behold,
Thy works, Great God, Thy Majesty unfold.
The philosophic infidel will say,

Stupendous worlds arose from nature's law :

What fools call nature let me not pretend
From blinded reason's lore to understand;
Nor otherwise, than 'twas a God allwise,
That nature's beauties spread before my eyes;
No other power, I fearlessly shall say,
Could such a grand and splendid scene display ;
That earth's full range, ethereal glow above,
Proclaim a God, a God of boundless love.

DAVID KING OF ISRAEL.

Awake, O my soul, and the hallow'd song raise, To greet thy Redeemer with honor and praise, He's robed in glory, He's clothed with light, And heaven's the curtain surrounding His seat.* He rode in the clouds on the wings of the wind, The wide-spreading ocean His chariot sustain'd When earth's broad foundations He form'd in the sea, Bade dry land appear, and the hills stand in view. The floods heard His thunders, and quick fled away, And nature appeared in splendid array;

And fix'd their barrier, to the roving waves said,

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Stop there, I command you, no further proceed!" Obedient they heard their Great Maker's command, And retrograde fled to the bound'ries He'd form'd; While founts bubbling rose on the brown rocky hill, And gently meander'd along the green vale. How softly these glide, and emotions excite To thank the Director, impress with delight

* See the 65th, 104th, and other Psalms.

The wand'rer secluded, spontaneously grant

To thirst the repast when she roams on the bank !
While feather'd shrill warblers build in the near grove,
The downy recluse for the fruits of their love;
And chant the sweet matin to cheer blooming spring,
Her scenery enliven with nature's soft song.
Again He commanded, diffus'd the kind shower,
On mountain and valley fresh nurture to pour,
Receiv'd, these in lovely green raiment appear'd,
Gave fruit to the shepherd, and food to his herd.
The valleys thick waved the bright gilded ear,
And yielded the lords of the ground flowing store;
The woods with rich verdure, most beauteously bloom'd,
The gardens, the fields, were with flowerage adorn'd.
The huge rolling ocean of tribes was possess'd,
Which there sportive gambol'd at nature's behest;
The swift gliding stream, and the chrystalic lake,
Of His living wonders profusely partook.
Lo! at His high mandate all-glorious appears
Yon grand lucid orb, giving days, nights, and years.
He flames to transfuse over earth glowing light,
And nourish kind nature by infusive heat;
But fled for the moment, the night-shade above
Presents, richly blooming, a radiant alcove.
Grand work of Thy greatness, omnipotent Lord!
O what mighty worlds, that appear'd at thy word!
The mid-day, and evening, and bright rosy morn,
Their motions direct for the cheering of man;
Who, when morning sparkles to labour repairs,
And then to repose when night's gloom overbears.