Learns from this union of the rising whole, THE UNIVERSAL PRAYER. POPE. Deo opt. max. FATHER of all! in ev'ry age, In ev'ry clime ador'd, By saint, by savage, and by sage, Thou great First Cause, least understood; Who all my sense confin'd To know but this, that thou art good, Yet gave me in this dark estate, To see the good from ill! And binding nature fast in fate, 'Left free the human will. What conscience dictates to be done, Or warns me not to do, This, teach me more than hell to shun, That, more than heav'n pursue. What blessings thy free bounty gives, Let me not cast away; For Gon is paid when man receives, T' enjoy is to obey. Yet not to earth's contracted span Or think thee Lord alone of man, Let not this weak unknowing hand If I am right, thy grace impart, If I am wrong, O teach my heart Save me alike from foolish pride, At aught thy wisdom has deny'd, Teach me to feel another's woe, Mean though I am, not wholly so, This day, be bread and peace my lot: All else beneath the sun, Thou know'st if best bestow'd or not, And let thy will be done. To thee, whose temple is all space, One chorus let all being raise! THE INFINITE. WATTS. SOME seraph, lend your heav'nly tongue, Or harp of golden string, That I may raise a lofty song To our Eternal King. Thy names, how infinite they be! Thy glories shine of wondrous size, Thine essence is a vast abyss, An ocean of infinities Where all our thoughts are drown'd. D The myst'ries of creation lie Reason may grasp the massy hills, In vain our haughty reason swells, THE DAY OF JUDGMENT. AN ODE. WATTS. WHEN the fierce north wind with his airy forces Rears up the Baltic to a foaming fury, And the red lightning with a storm of hail comes Rushing amain down, |