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 NIGHT OF DOOM. 
 
 BY THOMAS ELLWOOD. 
 
 Composed expressly in aid of a Foundling IFome, for the city 
 
 of Halifax, and pres(i:t(>d to the Mayor and 
 
 Coi'poratiou for that purpose. 
 
 
 HALIFAX : 
 PRINTED BY JA.AIFS BOWES & .SOxNS, 
 
 1865. 
 
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NIGHT OF DOOM. 
 
 BY THOMAS ELLWOOD. 
 
 .Compoeed expreflsly in aid of a Foundlin- nome, for tlie city of 
 
 Halifax, and presented to tlie Mayor and 
 
 Corporation for that purpos;. 
 
 HALIFAX : 
 PRINTED BY JAMES BOWES & SONS, 
 1865. 
 
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 To his Worship the Mayor and the worthy Corpora- 
 tion of the city of Halifax, the author begs to present a 
 first edition of his Poem, which is now in the hands of 
 Messrs. Bowes & Sons^ shortly to be issued ; that the 
 profits of the sale may be applied to a Foundling Home 
 fund. The instigation of the work for such a purpose 
 was, the author would respectfully intimate, a speech of 
 the Rev. Mr. Uniacke, in the course of which he patheti- 
 cally spoke of your public institutions — ending with a 
 r» juark on the necessity of a Foundl:;.g refugee in your 
 city. The author trusts that, should it merit his approval 
 and acceptance, his Worship will secon 1 the publishers in 
 bringing it to the patronage of the citizen philanthropists 
 of Halifax. 
 
 January 18, 1865. 
 
 Committee Room, March 0, 1865. 
 
 In placing the Poem of " Thomas Ellwood," entitled 
 
 the "Night of Doom," before the Committee of the 
 
 City Free Library, the Committee are of opinion that the 
 
 thanks of the City Council should be tendered to the 
 
 benevolent author for his praiseworthy efforts in aid of an 
 
 Institution so necessary to the requirements of a city 
 
 where Philanthropy has always been cherished as a 
 
 Christian charity. 
 
 (Signed) James Tobix, 
 
 Chairman C.F.L.C. 
 
THE ARGUMENT. 
 
 The last new year approaches. Satan is seen inciting 
 his armies to prevent his followers on earth from benefit- 
 ting by the warnings of this season, — expresses his con- 
 viction that it will be the last, and shows what the christian 
 Church will do if seized with the same conviction. An 
 Angel summons the powers of Time to a convocation on 
 Mount Olympus, and protests that Time shall be no 
 more. Time relates some features of his reiiiii, and 
 declares the whole pageant to be for the benefit of the 
 Saints, that they may redouble their efforts. Faith and 
 Hope speak of the characteristics of their province. 
 Death shews his new character since the Death and 
 Resurrection of Christ, — and presents two visions of his 
 kingdom : one of the entry of the Iving of Babylon to 
 the place of departed Spirits, — the other of a young 
 Christian's assumption to the abode of blessed Souls. 
 Time takes his farewell of Creation, and delivers his 
 completed records to Christ, m order to the finai Judg- 
 ment. The Angel again summons these powers for the 
 last day. Angels and blessed souls bestow the scene on 
 the Church in a Dream. The clouds close again on 
 Olympus, and the vision is ended. 
 
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NIGHT OF DOOM. 
 
 Fast chhiw^ flowed lier tide of silver sound 
 I hat lor Ion- quiv'rin-yo.irH had filled heaven's round 
 Kenoath the erystal of the farthest sky 
 riie peopled zodiac strained her every eye ; 
 Whde all the star3, as for some pa;?eanf drost, 
 l|ist what the approachinjr vision shall attest: 
 On the lonnr marches of his dreadless way 
 Majestic Saturn seemed his course to stay 
 Forhon, awhile his starry jrrain to mow * ' 
 And Munward nodded with his frozen brow • 
 Espoused of Earth, eldest of deities, 
 Most ancient Uranus is seen to rise' 
 And ask old Saturn o'er his airy zone 
 What ma-ic spell hath all the Heavens undone; 
 lill Neptune joms, and, on the Sun's last sod. 
 Awaits with me the mandate of my God 
 But who that day shall lead celestial son^ 
 Of dirp or pffian to roll their orbs amon^ ? 
 Ihis shall the tiny asteroids supply, 
 In closer orbit cymbals of the sky ; 
 At once they lead the new unwonted strain, 
 Strike each to each and fill the solar fane 
 Her choirs begun, the aged earth forrroes 
 Her wonted speed, and from Olympus throws 
 VV hat vapours hide her majesty of form. 
 And stills the fury of her wreathing storm ; 
 While the full concourse of her nightly train 
 ^ow soft, now loud charms with the alternate strain. 
 Ihen short-hved meteors crowd the midnio-ht skv 
 
 ii^ager to see and shine before they die • " 
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 Once deified, some comet must return, 
 
 Thou^di on a less obsequious ajj^e to burn, 
 
 And, penduut o'er soiue northern clime ludiolds 
 
 The mystic rite whose tlumin<r lon-h he holds: 
 
 Electric li<»ht Is round the zenith spread 
 
 And bri^diily cano))ie8 th' illustrious dead ; 
 
 Far dartin^r an^rel pinions seem to boat 
 
 vSome jror-reous carpet (it for an;rid feet : 
 
 Thus did the heavens and earth appear to vit;\v ; 
 
 That, as some herald were descendin^r tlirou«-h ; 
 
 This, as the earthy had resiiiticd her sway 
 
 And saints beheld their lonir expected day. 
 
 But not as yet the hapj)y cliauire is o'er. 
 
 While 'mid such notes thundurs are heard to roar ; 
 
 Throu^rh these descend the broodin-,' storm to view, 
 
 To learn the awnd lesson and the true, 
 
 How devils can their dyiiiL' year redeem 
 
 And Satan make its iinal liours his theme. 
 
 Where Avaitinjr for her jirmy of the dead 
 
 Tlie encampment of eternal wrath is spread. 
 
 The powers of hell in convocation plan 
 
 A final triumph on the bliss of man. 
 
 Where the Redeemer's cross neglected lies 
 
 And (piite refused is his sacrifice. 
 
 The yet Archan.irel of that filial band 
 
 And sons of falsehood darc^s once more to stand 
 
 Comnuuidinir silence to the billowed fiame 
 
 Wringing this tribute of infernal fame ; 
 
 '' If marks of wrath could yet more ominous be, 
 
 " Or hell j)roclaim the approaching deity 
 
 '• If darker horror in this breast could dwell, 
 
 " Or coming thraUlom warn me of its spell 
 
 " If sin couhl sin, then fear must be the crime, 
 
 "• Let man alone lament departing time : 
 
 '' But, warned of heaven, if he, too soon apprized, 
 
 " See signs of Judgment gath'ring undisguised— 
 
 ''If, as of ohi, earth's great chaldean throne, 
 
 " Awed by a cry, Jehovah's kingdom own ; 
 
 " And, urged by fear, the old alliance yield, 
 
 " Ye dauntless powers shall needless take the field : ' 
 
'' Know tliat your noblest trophies are, tluit day, 
 "The affri^rhted hosts that, else, I lead aAvay— 
 *' Unsevered life deseendin<r throu^rh tlu; gloom 
 " To hail a horror of uutasted doom : 
 *' They in the gardens of my harvest He 
 " Whose fond illusion oi.ci! was to defy : 
 *'But thriee I thirst before the eye of Heaven, 
 
 "That h<T now doubtful armies may be riven 
 
 *'That hour to mock the exulting Church on high, 
 *' And drag her eherished from the accorded sky ; 
 *'Then (but I warn you not of hoiu's no more,"^ 
 
 *'()r state more dismal than this turbid shore 
 
 '^ Implore you not the Deity to fly — 
 
 "Nor nsk revoked sentence, nor to dicj 
 
 " Tlurry juy victims o'er the closing vear, 
 
 " Pollute the saint's and stun the sinner's' ear, 
 
 " Pave with their promises the path to hell. 
 
 " And let no heavenly charmer bre-k the sj)ell ! 
 
 Heaven answ(>re(l with her sweet t jstial close 
 
 Of moving spheres; his ear immortal knows 
 
 AN hose quick immured majesty they tell : 
 
 AVith furious challenge to the angejic knell 
 
 (Stung only by the thouglit, Jehovah reigns) 
 
 He mocks eternity's intenser pains : 
 
 His ready ministers for war [)n'pare, 
 
 And seek with him the world's scarce purer air, 
 
 Where the proud fable houu' of Gods is seen, 
 
 And godlike men, in upper air, serene 
 
 In splendid contrast o'er murk Tempe's vale— 
 Sublimer yet becomes the midnight tale ; 
 While too, the sounding heavens with mystic art 
 Charm all but demon ear and human heart : 
 Forth from (he altar, hark, the saintly song, 
 Th' impatient cry, liedeemer Lord how long ! 
 AVhich, sadly flung the lonely mountains o'er. 
 
 Rings in ea(!h cliff, and rolls" on every shore 
 
 Imploring martyrs speed th' impending wrath, 
 And straight responds the (lod of Sabbaoth. 
 What gleaming sword divides th' incumbent night, 
 As sweet and absent chorus to invite ? 
 
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 Heaven . as a Jordan rent H.suiuler, rolls 
 In spaii<,rle(l volumes aiul illumined scrolls; 
 And, as to wipe her milky sfain away, 
 Reveals the approach of an unwonted day; 
 A herald comes, celestial <iai-I) he wears ^ 
 In ('loiKJ and rainbow, tire and sun appears. 
 Stills with his ritrht old ocean's awful mirtli. 
 And j)lants his left foot on the quakin<r earth. 
 From IMacedon the rooted hills cxtcinif 
 Kacji other's tremor till their kino'dom's end ; 
 This, wluni its voice surroundin^r seas ahsorl), 
 Meets Iriiihteiied l>illows from the risin^- orb;' 
 Xor shall the trodden firmament ai^ain 
 Kesume in <,dowing nuirch her wonted train 
 Till, lion voiced, the dreadful ano-el roar, 
 And seven thunders lift the swoonin^r .sJiore : 
 Who, mount ino- swiftly her aspiring- '(•rown. 
 
 Regards awhile the last ()Iymi)ic zone 
 
 Hews from her shining- battlements of snow, 
 
 And rolls the brittle avalanche below ; 
 
 Which resting- where, with northern verdure clad, 
 
 Once rugg(Ml rocks in mossy garb are glad 
 
 From the cold torrctit !^i.\\\m thrones an'se, 
 
 And round about celestial pavement lies : 
 
 This done, the mighty architect again 
 
 With Godlike utterance woke the assured nuu'n ; 
 
 " Ye powers of time ! whose undiminished sway 
 
 " Dare not anticipate eternal day — 
 
 " Whose censorship entailed by wayward man 
 
 " Thence dates creation and igno])le span 
 
 " Who no more potent o'er the heirs of heaven 
 
 •' JMust to ail endless obloquy be given 
 
 '' Draw near ! he spake, and straight espying on hi'^h 
 A watcher and an holy one draw nigh, ^ 
 
 Soars upward to receive the approaching train, 
 With seraph concourse glorious lights again, 
 As erst, in n .tjesty on sea and land. 
 And flaming cherubs shine on either hand. 
 The infolding canopies of light meanwhile, 
 Unfolding, on the mount of vision smile ; 
 
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 The asteroids, to harh hi gentler dirge, 
 Divinely eeiioing, s^ ' . fj,e icv siiroH" ;' 
 While Irom afar the ,: sii asr-eiidiuLM'ou- 
 Of doomed powers is seen in niaiv-hcs slow ; 
 Six hy attendant sj)irits of the dea<l 
 Up to their throiu-s of adamant are led • 
 And right and left Faith, Hope, fell Jx'ath and Fate, 
 lake round the eentre throne their •tniul seat 
 Serenely pointing to th' ai)ode of love 
 Faith sat, with clearest vision fixed ahove, 
 \Mnle ronnd her heart the sweetlv inenti(med inst 
 Sing of her temple fuvs that se„rHu-d their ,]uM— 
 niiose imagv coined on onr Kedeemer's cost 
 Jiofore him melts— in his frnition lost. 
 Hope, the next mnsie ot all mortal tonirue, 
 in sullen silence sits, a liar]) nnstrmi«rr 
 For she expectant at the openin- sky' ' 
 Keads lu'r dark .loom and feels what 'tis to i\<v~ 
 l^eels all the yearning of her children's hreast— 
 Sings with their loud increasinir rapture blest— 
 Loiild year l.y year with heaven wanl temper rUv 
 And (lady k-arn :— l.nt none could faith apprize 
 Uhose final thought, no deeper than at first, 
 In her begat no such iucreasinn- thirst, 
 rnsiglnly death is on the next'seat seen. 
 Who would his visage from the cherubs screen 
 In snowy robe would shroud his mournful head' 
 An.l with the listening fates recount his dead. 
 Ihese, with their joyless arms of mortal strife, 
 Lnmoved survey the ebbing tide of life- 
 Undaunted meet the chernl)s' awful gaze, 
 Kor view the waiting angel with amaze. ' 
 Only the many voices of this niuht » 
 
 Could well attune to such unearthlv si<dit • 
 Lulled from h.>r tumult lies th' .E-.-airde'ep, 
 Her famous isles, her saints and heroes sleep • 
 Uiffs .scan the expanse for no approaching prow, 
 -tiut o er the phosphorescent waters bow : " 
 Slow, on the far horizon hovering move ' 
 Fitful auroras, like a brooding dove, 
 
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 And playfiil nymphs of ui^rht AvitI, faintest sliriek, 
 
 And timorous cry, arross the waters speak, 
 
 As swift to sport the fabh^l luiniinelsee. 
 
 In feigned an;Lrer on the iiaunted sea, 
 
 Saith to the spirits of the night, begone ! 
 
 So, waking from his myrtle bordered hiwn, 
 
 Some early bird began to sing the day, 
 
 And bid the virgin nndfnes haste awav. 
 
 What ray too soon disturbs the sleepiiig erest 
 
 Of sea-girt ishmds, tending o'er tlie W(>t ? 
 
 Time eomes, the aged sire of mortal scene. 
 
 Whose deadly scythe is lit with starry sheen; 
 
 'Xeath scanty tresses o'er his shoulders cast. 
 
 A lioary beard depends his girdle |,ast ; 
 
 A ch, iging morsel of Arabian sand, 
 
 lie pondering pours trom each alternate hand — 
 
 Chanling the while, all. all are j)ast away 
 
 ''Harvest and summer and ^salvation's day!" 
 
 New reaped, the flowers from early meadows wet, 
 
 Are to his old v/orn weapon (dinging yet ; 
 
 With fruitless sting, crushed hopes entwine his feet, 
 
 And his dull ears desj)airing hisses greet • 
 
 With troiiblous look he scans th' Olympic throne, 
 
 And waiting doom beguiled with heavenly songf' 
 
 But lo! the Patriarch hastes his tardy road 
 
 To end his reign and reckon with his" God. 
 
 Ilim with a reverend dignity enthroned, 
 
 Attending saints i:i pity wait around, 
 
 Much awed among the*^ sons of Light to see 
 
 So true a King bemoaning destiny, 
 
 A following concourse of the latcdy dead, 
 
 r>efore him thousand sealed records spread. 
 
 Whom unabashed to meet superior day 
 
 Fmternal seraphs, smiling, bid to stay^ 
 
 This done, behold the failing Pilgrim Vise, 
 
 And from such glory shade his fading eyes : 
 
 He speaks " Celestial herald, I am nigh, 
 
 " Whom to depose tribunals blest comply ! 
 
 In quick response, loud thunder sliook the spliere, 
 
 And, when its echoes left the midnight air, 
 
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 Commanding, from the onides altove 
 Diviner echoes on tlie mountain strove, 
 Saying, -Times and seasotis with the Fatliek dwell, 
 ' .Seal up the mystery and forbear to tell ! ' 
 
 iieci'iving from his aged lips the sound 
 Of time submissive, nature, newly bound, 
 U rithes fearful of the uneonsummated spell, 
 And (•lulls to hear her own approaching knell 
 lollec by the seraph, who at midnight swore, 
 >V ith hand uplift, that Time should be no more. 
 Soon as the adjuring angel had foretold, 
 rho heavens dispersed— the earth now waxing old 
 (W iiereat fresh silence on the arches hung. 
 And a new springing year passed on unsumr) 
 lie said, ''Rise, bard of yore, and touch the strin-, 
 ^^' Before thou die the world wo.dd hear tliee sin-/^ 
 ^^ hat depth, what height, what glory, and^vhat 
 shame 
 " Have stirred the wide dominions of thy name • 
 '^- De.dare, O proved of (lod. a (lod the 'while, ' 
 'Some truth to move and charm the utmost isle ? 
 lie spake, and heaven and hades raptured seem 
 lo hear the scenic bard ndiearse his theme ;— 
 Attend Heaven's powers, and earlh's late vassals free • 
 
 ^, fp "">'■; ''^ >'"''*^ ^^'^''■^' 'J»t "^'^v ^voes to me, 
 "If that wide kingdom I .so late resigned, 
 •'Already (lod had unto doom consi Jiied : 
 
 !! ^"'J'/r '''''^'*^ ^'"' ^'*'"' of some deacrdeathless soul. 
 
 Had Heaven given up and Hell r<>tained the whole • 
 ^^ And, while I last no bliss veils from my ken, 
 II As shall from yours, the woes of lislles"s men'; 
 
 ' But even thus, since censor first I stood 
 II With power to warn but by my ebbing flood. 
 ^^ So now, nor is all weal or woe explained 
 "By me to further judgment unordaiued ; 
 II But some broad views of earthly hap detailed 
 u TT ^'"°'J"^^'^ spurned— who succoured when it failed 
 u Ai "'^'^ '^"'^ kingdoms from such sleep awoke ' 
 
 And to hoarse echoing Hades vainly spoke 
 
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 " Endows Tlis saints, iis TI(.ll }.or fires, with power- 
 '; So nn,i,'ols yo, and you ye ransonicd sons, 
 
 '' Shall tell this vision to his eliosen ones 
 
 '' Children on earth, that they may loud declare 
 
 ''This niidniLdit vision, and what words ye hear; 
 
 '' That with the spirits (louJ)le })f>rtion blest, 
 
 " In eharnis resistless may their voice he drest : 
 
 " In (he once busy city searee shall cry, 
 
 '' Or child or man but' sees the Lamb on h)<jh ; 
 
 "• Nor in the market shall this murmur be,'^ 
 
 " T mourned to you who have not wej)! wi'lh me. 
 
 '' H>it first, ye i)owers and souls, 1 will adore 
 
 '• Will, you what li;,dit, too soon, I know no more: 
 
 '' If by eternals 'tis but meaidy done, 
 
 "Can I, halfwakcfl from noliiinnr .,ii(l urired on 
 
 "To fevered haste, entire my soul with bliss ? 
 
 "And yet. time born, man vainly ar^nied this • 
 
 "Why vainly? not that hopeless of the sod ' 
 
 " They on my bosom found no space ^ith God ; 
 
 '* I>ut that, blind to the fields enchanted wide, 
 
 " Seen from the borders of my turbid tide. 
 
 " Some new substantial pleasures they conceived ; 
 
 " The sire of lies insures the tale believed. 
 
 " Who of that fruit M-liich first to Eve he cave, 
 
 *• Ilath flunir the rest upon my tur1)id wave, 
 
 " That my fond mariners may with t!iem sink, 
 
 " Or lie besotted on my sed.uy brink. 
 
 " The present treasures of my various string- 
 
 '' Shall not to you of personaijces sin<T 
 
 " Eaith, Hope, Death, r^ite,' describe how eadi one 
 
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 " Or lost the strugole and the blissful shore. 
 " T pondering' muse a universal tonirue, 
 " Wherein the total theme of man is sun;?. 
 " Ye ransomed to your souls recall the hour 
 " How, when new zephyrs ur^^ed theii- gentle power 
 " ()f purer scenes around your neAv-born sense, 
 " Ye looked abroad upon a sea immense 
 "Of many a thousand heedless of such strain 
 " As Orphic could the enchanted Avorld retain. 
 
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 '' This first proposinfr, now proceed witli me 
 
 A universal Harmony to see 
 ||T'wixt the first sad announcement from above 
 And Gods on;,, sequent word and work of love. 
 Ihou^rh first w.th U„n ye mourn the awful shade 
 Of barren ni-ht with scarce a heavenly Hade 
 Ho charmed thy soul, and would ^lad triumphs tell 
 To cease thy ann^er for his Israel ; 
 " Nor strove to <.heck the fire but chan-e the fuel • 
 And would since all are brethren, love should rule 
 In thy frail breast like sinful-sheathe thy sword 
 And conquer earth with His dividi„.r word ' 
 'Man must not in hi-h places seek the si-n " 
 Ihat evil swiftly doth her seat resi.r„ • " 
 "Nor ask when earthquakes whirlwinds, fires ascend 
 '' for God, but to a still small voice attend : 
 And thou-h amazed at earth's ungrateful thron-, 
 And tempted to forget a cause for"son- 
 " Kemember well the ever blissful flirrht"' 
 ;; Of s,n,ls redeemed-that part of digest night 
 ^^ Awaits a blazing crown— wondered to see 
 
 itself applaud once-scorned destiny 
 '^ This consolation he would have those think 
 • But just awakened en the dangerous brink- 
 
 Lnwillnig that his children ide stand 
 ;; And gaze in horror on the doome.l strand ; 
 ^ He bids thee hail the mad advancing mass, 
 ; Aim, back and cry the deep engulphing pass— 
 ;; Point to the narrow road that leadeth ^'er 
 
 u ^ . , Ji'"r '"'''^' '^'"^ P"-""^ *« t''e shore 
 ^^ ^yt ittle known to earth's most tender breast 
 ^^ All the <leep anguish that such chaos blest 
 
 vy lien, after many ages brooding o'er, 
 ^^ Heaven's Prince of Peace her Diadem forbore- 
 
 W,th her most precious things half closed the void, 
 
 And drove the lurking adders from her side. 
 
 Ihough Justice bid her sea of vengeance roll 
 ^^ Love counts not lost the travail of her soul. 
 ^^ It new amazement on my brow could reign 
 
 Iwere at this strange new chorus in my train 
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 " Whereof no earnest cheered the son^jless earth 
 " When first I ruled in widowed Eden's dearth • 
 *' For what that (hiy was Eden's hitely Lord ? 
 *' A mourner mute, and waiiin;; Eve was heard 
 '' With him repenting,' such aeciirseil state, 
 "■ While in his elosin;r hower the serpent sate 
 ''8elf-stun<r; and Satan from some eminence ni^h 
 " In hellish hate cursed joint calamity : "^ 
 
 '' All nature roimd attests the dire revolt 
 "And tremhlinof creatures wait the dreadful bolt 
 " I saw indeed the unmolested heaven 
 '' In -ladnesH smile as thou<,di return were driven— 
 " But heard amon;,' the spheres this echo flv 
 " Lon;r sped from earth, the new create must die ' 
 '^ And that the glit'rin^r orbs themselves must fall 
 " Participate with eartii the ;rreat recall. 
 " Unknown to me as yet much wonder lay 
 ' What year of bliss precedes the eventful day : 
 
 Though of that present age divinin^ true 
 ''What full perfection God had held7n view— 
 " Of man almost Divine the appointed Kin^r 
 '' Wherewith to crown the long devised spring— 
 " \\ hen stooping down, the flower-hid rocks revealed 
 " How long eternal wisdom plowed this field 
 " Patient to stamp the oft-convulsive sand ' 
 " With mystic signets of a Father's hand : 
 " But all my being hung on that tale of woe, 
 "And throne usurped by the dreadful foe 
 "While the still siren lips of P:ve proclaim 
 " Earth's Ichabod, and unatoned shame. 
 " But half convinced in humble faith to die 
 " And wait the seed foretold by Deity. 
 " Dark was that early scene, and later* days 
 "Accord like dismal hours: what voice of praise 
 
 Kevived thence us rising from the dust 
 " A deluge deep in every bosom hushed ; 
 " Till only eight Heaven-blest serenely sat 
 " The world's vast funeral o'er on Ararat : 
 " Lo, when the Laws terrific book was given 
 " And men and mountains with like thunder riven 
 
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 '' Not Israel, in his maker's presence bound, 
 " Heard such concordance of melodious sound 
 " As on our raptured shores break far and wide 
 
 r J;^! ^" °^^ '""'•''^ ^"* <''^"'sand nations to abide. 
 • nil the hist banl, what hath creation known? 
 ''What voice hath pierced the all-attentive throne ' 
 ' lilood, conquest, riches, mirth, have wrun- the sky— 
 " Crowns of reven^re, pu-Jands of treachery"; 
 "The archfiend himself could now no lon-ertell 
 I' Where to more -huliy rei-n, or which was hell. 
 AMiat thou-h stran-e li^d.ts with pristine pow'rs 
 uprise 
 " In various aj^es, ea^rer for the skies, 
 I' Or some philosopher confound mankind 
 'Must waked from surfeit, -lad new thou^rhts to find ' 
 ' In hnn, impidse divine by Pride withstood 
 "Stumbles in paths where 'Ood himself should brood : 
 V^ hde mystic Science, who knew not where to ali-ht 
 Had woven the rest in lov(dess heuvenless ni-ht, " 
 " Ihou-h ill :,e-otten Gods had lost their sway 
 ''And prouder mortals mocked their dumb array. 
 
 Ihus (was my ever doleful lot to see 
 " In noblest Empires bv the tribute lea ; 
 " A doleful lot— for I had writ the day 
 " Man owned his hi;;hest strenjrh was to obev 
 " And not alone to see but yield to death 
 "These reckless scpianderers of too fleetin- breath. 
 
 And her trans;rressions by Philisfia's fane 
 "Her wecpii^. bards and taberinnr doves complain : 
 
 Despite of God, as, by one a;re of woe, 
 "' His own unfitness wilful man would shew, 
 " And, God repentin^r, Satan urj;e his sway— 
 'And provin- that, thus claim him endlessly. 
 ' But what ,f earth hath spurned the ancient charm, 
 ^^ Shall e er the promise lack the promised arm ? 
 
 In triumph ever more to be sustained, 
 ''If not o'er Saints, on all opposing chained. 
 
 len thousand blest absorb his rays on hio-h— 
 " Uncounted spotless dress the seventh ^ky^- 
 " Though were all here shut out still heaven should 
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 " Sufficient pant her enrllcss theme to be. 
 
 '' But lo ! the heavens with nie.ssen;;er.s of jjrace 
 
 '* Are crowned, and clouds of mercy swell The space ; 
 
 '' Some drops have fallen the thirsty nations round, 
 
 '' And all untramped is the warlike ;rround ; 
 
 *• A year of universal peace is ni;,di, 
 
 " And Jew and Gentile hark the"oracular si;?h. 
 
 '» Now in few words, attendant powers, I speak 
 
 " What novel strains did o'er the bosom break, 
 
 "Of that once troublous waste, throujrh many Im a^re 
 
 " Besprent with revelling or rent with ra<re ; 
 
 '' O change averse to all accustomed things.'' 
 
 '' Weakness is power, and infants rise to kings ; 
 
 " For thrones and courts no place his realm can '"-ive 
 
 *' Who would a monarch die a child nuist live— 
 •' Who would the universe his own possess 
 
 •' Must loathe liimself and sit in nothingness 
 
 " Who would be rich in this poor house of clay, 
 
 '' Must all he owns cast, with himself, away ' 
 
 •• Who thus disposed such kingdom shall receive, 
 
 " ('Twas said) shall this new monarch so believe', 
 
 " As, from one step of unaccustomed love, 
 
 " Bleeding for others, dying to reign above ; 
 
 " In every man to see a brother's face, 
 
 " And give the foreigner a neighbour's place ; 
 
 '• Nor only, thankless, love whom love return, 
 
 " But for the foe with kind compassion burn ; 
 
 '" Xor entertainers only entertain, 
 
 " But bid the starving at thy board remain ; 
 
 '' For all the suffering kindly now provide, 
 
 " And find the foundling a new mother's side ; 
 
 '' The thoughtless harlot heavenward swiftly greet, 
 
 '• Studious to wash the beatific feet, 
 
 " And guard the stranger from the midnight airs 
 
 " Perchance to house an angel unawares 
 
 " These wonders for all time should glorious last, 
 '■ But his ascent with stranger signs be graced : 
 
 " His followers shall the sick restore to life 
 
 " Shall cast out devils with superior strife 
 
 -' Speak with new tongues, and stingless adders hold, 
 

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 " Whose .loa.Uy .Inni-htn are voiee.s clear and coUl : 
 
 lint if eti(|iinv(l what passiii^r ,.v,.l,,^ j.,,^.^^. 
 '•Or feh, of(Uu\ .he Just— the nn-hl— thr true— 
 '• I say 111 each, lie (hirkest, mortal a-^e 
 " There was an oiniiioiis power him to i)resa.r,. • 
 •Sinee .o.l or onec- or twiee proehiims his w,>nl 
 iiy dullest man lon;r uupcreeived, uuhfanl. 
 "iMrst to discourse of his more evident vers,. 
 '•II.s written word, and deathless, I ivju-arse— 
 • iiy hiin committed to mv anxious ehar-e 
 -As, time l,y time, I .saw the scroll enlace 
 •Or shrink, while to my compn luMisiv,. view 
 Ihe nations bowed ami owned such j.rophci true, 
 llms was my char;.-.., and, by ten thousan.l scribes 
 ^^ O i'l- writ, and f,ve from ill-intentioned bribes, 
 1 Ins twas my bliss, onuwin-r all else beshle, 
 
 '• lo see defy my rock-devoiirinjr tide 
 
 This, the terrestrial -ranarv oFiuv J.ord— 
 1 ore IS the food of thousand mvria<ls stored— 
 ^1 llere is the (luickeiiin- rivulet of thv sod— 
 Here, till thy bo.^om owns him. is thy God. 
 ^ ^or only here hath his compassionat;. pen 
 ^onveyed stranj;e record to too sh.,rt lived men : 
 But, as the liard of all celestial birth 
 ;; Wrote the profaner History of this earth, 
 ^ NVliereer is foun.l the lon^r ,^.,.1 minstrel true, 
 ^^Ur unimpeached, ancient of davs, 'tis Thou' 
 
 n hen wonderin-men acknowled^red first 'iwas here, 
 ^^ A tune to charm the most unwillin^r ear. 
 ^^ ^Hymo:, Time shall know no more celestial si-h 
 
 Ur scenes again our (Jcjd to crucify "^ 
 
 1^^ With this dyin- a-e at once shall pass away 
 1 hat elder m-rht and profli-ato array 
 V, h.eh made this blest dominion of our race 
 He s footstool else aye doomed her throne to .race, 
 ^^ VV fiile credulous votaries utter no such son- 
 in Brahma's horrid temple standin- lon-—'^ 
 ^^ The Northern Gods must now resign tludr sway 
 And Druid groves admit the unwonted dav— 
 Olympus ever must unveiled be, 
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 '• SUtfH lh\f^> y ilriiuk flu^ plcii^iir"* of Inn word ; 
 " In ttiM( m'w k'uv^.i \\\ lov(» and pc/ire miiHt rei'ni 
 
 "•CiinlvftH ofull hill CVOrlllSlitinr nrjilfj . 
 
 " Wilik' >v»' thus looked fosco the rainixiiis liul, 
 
 '• \wf o»«»« li.jld .shout di'po > Riiluili's wall : 
 
 " Sinifsrfit oVr fho liouvens fliis f4(,]oinn nolo was 
 
 wulli'fl ;-— 
 ''Not many niiV'ity of the llosli arc liaili'd; 
 '• Nor wise nor nohlc must lliose vassals he 
 " Who wonM sit down tor cvcrniorc with nu» : 
 '' Yea. (Jod hath chosen tliat hy the weaker world 
 
 *' ("onf'oiinded at his feet the stronir helm. led 
 
 '• 'I'he foolish sit exultant in the skies 
 "Of inward hliss, and teach the simple wis(! : 
 "■ What worth ye vainly trusted not to exist, 
 " In that he made the new-horn heavens consist : 
 '' For;ivttin,Lr this. \hen, all their conflict o'er, 
 '•' The early preachers here were heard no more ; 
 '* And stronj; the Churches now l)e;.ran to rnle, 
 ■'Teachin/r the world in their eternal school, 
 
 Whene'er they ensayed to knead, not he; the leaven, 
 ••A wide dominion, not wide l(»ve was "-iven. 
 • Hear, ye sleepers '. thon too j)assivc oarth ! 
 " IIow glad are yc to hiess this hetter hirtli ! 
 "• Who only hateth not, most snrely loves 
 '' As little as he hates ; wildly ye move, 
 " If meetin<; whom ye neither love nor hate ; 
 ''This l*ath uhove nor narrow is nor straight, 
 " Since all whonj (,'hristians meet npon the road 
 "AVonld help or holpen he to know their God: 
 " And this ;he reason lies why partly done 
 " The Church her work on earth long had to groan ; 
 " Now, like oft passing angels see her flit, 
 " Dark on the lees of sloth no more to sit. 
 " Till late ponder in Christian days a field, 
 "How great ! that did no fruit to glory yield— 
 "Think 'mid the nations that received the word 
 " How tew or f ;]< the life or even heard — 
 
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 " An.l knowin- no luM-k fn.m flu. s.»lini„„s .kv • 
 
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 I' Callnl foniuMl r„r tla- -lory of my naino 
 
 ^' An; all that to this nicaricr mansion caiui 
 
 ; An.l wh.hs lik. p.n.iv. man, thou savc-st. nn- woos, 
 
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 '• Arc hilt a .Irop in this wi.le movin.r ^pjuiv 
 '' An.l, iMLlin,.,', woi.M he hilt a drvino- t'.,,,. 
 " F.)r thrc, irnono lu'si.lc. this prnnir>.. sco" 
 '' WheiH> two or thivo I in the mi.lst will h,- 
 " llms. wide extcn.hMl, let thv vision ran-v— 
 '^ U.nU.ssin;r m11 fhin-8 more IJivin.. thanstran-v • 
 
 • ^ow, havm- in Ihll vi.-w th.- vaiions -oal " 
 ' Ol nio anndidati', of yon made wholo, 
 
 '• or universal dehi^^e, this of fire, 
 
 -Of that l.m-roun.l whose cireh-s never tire, 
 
 ' I is all Div.ne, I sin-, and from the won.h 
 >\ ilh 1 rophee.os h.n- pn-nant, lo th.-v .'onie ' 
 
 ' Israel returns to his Ion- ehartere.l land 
 ^- Mockm^ no more the (Jalilean hand— 
 I' I he seed of hliss that Britons helpe.l to sow 
 
 • Jn clearest vision Christ alone to shew 
 "When raisin- hi-h his own celestial writ 
 
 • IJeneath the hrass he hade the nations sit 
 
 Is now upsprun- ; and, in these latter .lays, 
 riime new revivln- curly Christian rays-l- 
 - Mohammed hows an.l Brahma's temples lie 
 
 • iNot Jialt as -lorious to the pariah's eye 
 
 When shall our Christ 'mid Christian thron-. 
 appe;;;- .'' " 
 
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 u w. I '"^ enehantm- music of his wonl. ' 
 
 ^^ /^ t hey ha.l not the crown of Salem worn, 
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 If parents never teach their sons to see 
 
 A blissful day only revolves with Tliee — 
 
 If holiness hath lost its Godlike power 
 
 And prayer is thought unmeet for many an hour, 
 
 Wliile Sinai's law at morn and eve they san"- 
 
 And all discourse thereon Avas bid to han"- 
 
 If we, ashamed of one another, stand 
 
 Afraid to speak of our one prospect land, 
 
 Ashamed of Christ no less, and banish heaven 
 
 From all our tongues — if all our thoughts be given 
 
 To the iioarse timbrels that around us cry — 
 
 Deceive ourselves and 'mid his chosen lie — 
 
 If we hear God but as we like the man, 
 
 And think the sabbath a superfluous span, 
 
 A vacuum joyless, — dare that day to bring 
 
 To this what six days had no time to sing : 
 
 If we, now that the Heathen are away. 
 
 License the rigid children of tiie day — 
 
 Altars of pleasure or of fashion rear, 
 
 Feast on sweet instruments and fast from prayer 
 
 If we to one another are no more 
 
 Than passing pilgrims for some separate shore — 
 
 If this blest gospel hath no power to crown 
 
 With the new wreaths that God from heaven throws 
 
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 On Virgin youth ; nor make it heavenly wise — 
 Teach from eternal fountains in the skies 
 To draw diviner charms, and with them to entice 
 Through this dark mine to reach the pearl of 
 
 price — 
 If vice beneath tlie blazing rule of day 
 Can, lizard-like, round this old ruin play — 
 My duty is not done, my angered Lord 
 Shall make me share his dread avenging sword : 
 Comfort yourselves, would aged Time reply. 
 For this your Lord himself had need to sigh, 
 Arise ! release the lost of Israel's thrall — 
 Like him, not saints, but sinners come to call : 
 First, seek that in thyself the favour be. 
 
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 *' Kach hour bethink thee 'tis renh'ty ; 
 
 " d"'^' ^^'""''"^^ ^''« eveninnr ],our or time of prayer 
 " May sweeter reflex to tliy bosom bear, 
 '' At thy first waking on thy aUar fire 
 ^' Such flame as in the Church thou wouhlst aspire • 
 " For vacant hours, wlienilove seems to subside ' 
 '' Are Satan's oil cast on the treacherous tide. 
 '' Had not vain man forgot that heaven was real— 
 '' His speaking lips found in his life no seal- 
 More evident gloricb- had surmounted hi^h 
 This world-wide carelessness of destiny T 
 '' Now, since are all accountable to heaven 
 •' For every talent and occasion given, 
 "Rise, O ye Christians ! by this'vision read 
 ''That al) Avho know should to the great source lead 
 Ihus saymg good counsel from his glitt'rin<r seat 
 Paternal Time thenceforth in silence sat ; '^ 
 While, from above a sweeter interlude 
 O'er his dark bosom soothing nuisic strewed 
 
 Till Faith arose, sad, stately, and serene 
 
 Resigned to tearless Death ,• like that fair Queen 
 Who from red Mars the Latin hero tore 
 And made the man forget the warrior • 
 Yet not as then did valorous Despair 
 Freeze a mock glory of this faithful fair. 
 While all her shining auditors supply 
 
 Attentive silence to her symphony : 
 
 " Of those by whom Heaven's ambassage was done 
 
 >.rewhde on earth, three Virgins, I am one: 
 •• Whereof at this conjunction of their rei-m 
 " Oblivious night to own demandeth twain, 
 !' That Faith and Hope, who Hopeless sits in woe, 
 " io first evoked nullity may go ; 
 " While Love in God for evermore must smile 
 '' On glorious trophies of our triple toil. 
 " As late of Love the triumphs have been told 
 " An everduring precedent, of old ; 
 "Since three unequal have sustained the chime 
 ' One from above— necessitous of Time 
 " The rest— Since he hath linked these three 
 
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 " Tnseparate from tiincwoin nuin to bo — 
 
 '■• INIadt' us no less in every anje to ,Lrlo\v 
 
 '' Faitli liutli renowned victories to shew : 
 " When blcedin;^ by the fratricide lie lay 
 '• Abel I lifted to securer day, — 
 '' Attended Abraham to Jopdan's strand ; 
 
 " Again with Joshua hailed the promised land 
 
 " And whatsoe'er beguiled the weary way 
 "Of faithful Death or pilgrimage my lav, 
 "Untiring, clieered the Patriarchs above' 
 " Or stayed a Samuel with a voice of love : 
 " When I looked on wounds were an open door 
 " AVhereby some weary soul was free to soar— 
 " When ebbed the life and flowed the blood beside 
 
 " There seemed from heaven to run a crvstai tide 
 
 " Sainpson is charmed to the unwonted breast — 
 
 " Israel can bless, and lay himself to rest 
 
 '' I, when the Virgin heard her future son, 
 
 " And her Redeemer, said. His will be done :— 
 
 '' Enoch liy me ascended iieaven's gate 
 
 •'Elijah thus on whirling amber sate — 
 
 " But when the Incarnate Son reigned from the tre(^ 
 
 '• Noi- Faith nor Hope confirmed his Calvary. 
 
 '• And, what victorious years beside were <nven 
 
 " Spake till to wonder heaven and earth were driven 
 
 " The tomb, the pit, the mountain, and the pyre 
 
 " At their rehearsal, shall for aye expire : 
 
 " In earth's most troubled ages I most bright 
 
 '• Glow M'ith so strange and so celestial ligdit 
 
 " That the arch foe would all half Christians greet 
 
 "To end ray reign and counterfeit my seat. 
 
 " The little child can clasp me in his arms ; 
 
 '■ The starry belt not comprehend my charms 
 
 " With me the conscious youth is scourged to death ; 
 " Without me proudest m'onarchs hold their breath— 
 " And, while my anchor roots Ilis kingdom fast 
 " God is the food his happy children taste. 
 " When we with earthly grossness overgrown 
 "The will of God and mammon would luive done 
 " Surrounding pleasures tempt the soul away 
 
•riircal appears all free from visual el 
 Go forth despairinn: soldiers of onr k 
 See what eternal 1 
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 iisan.l lands shall his poor Orphan's feed 
 t olleet the wdderness, and God will lead— 
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 " Live with each birth, with everv death I die- 
 ,' .pf'"'^ ^! !" '■'-'-" '" every heart alone 
 ^ 1 ban faith or love, I yet survey the throne, 
 ^^^irst UAt of angels when this svstem rose 
 But now condenuied to i-nomiiiious close, 
 '' xJortals ! to whom this vision is a sirni 
 ;^^\ hat dan.ojer I would deprecate is mine ; 
 
 ^ llie Hypocrite shall see his hope decay, 
 'Vainly expectant of substantial day ; * 
 
 .; ^Vho leans on me and only sees the world 
 Shall from his fra.s^ile balcony be hurled • 
 
 " If into seas of mercy, O how' blest ! 
 
 ;^ A better hope shall fire his throbbin.ir h,east. 
 1 thus he suffers some wild breakinir dream 
 
 ^^ Hope will elect a less delusive theme • 
 
 ^^ And if by angels hope was first decried 
 
 ^^ Holy become, and thee 'twill sit beside, 
 -blse, leaving in accents of despair, 
 
 'I 'Twill give thy keys to ever boding fear 
 
 P.xcept thy King what watchman long van wake > 
 ;; Why trust that for the sky thy chihlren live ' 
 
 ^^ it thou their souls no better manna give. 
 
 Shorn of thy vain hopes, clothed again in new 
 ^^ A goddess fair I reign and answer true 
 
 J^^ach his own oracle, replying within, 
 
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 "Union of holiness and jud^re of sin. 
 
 " Thus pur;[,'e(l thon«;li thou hope for iioufrht l)elow, 
 
 " Each crimson twilifrht will iieaven's landscajje shew 
 
 " Each solemn music like heaven's cornet sin"- 
 
 " Each painful hour some consolation brin<'- — '■ 
 
 " The nervous catapult of mortal woe 
 
 " Fails to contort with arrowy thrills thy brow; 
 
 " So doth the inner messenger beguile, 
 
 " That they who came to weep return to smile 
 
 " Unruffled, in thy bosom lialos burn 
 
 " While other liglits to helpless wihl fire turn. 
 
 " jMortals ! earth's mighty plain now sees its scope 
 
 ''Yet the last border gives thee room for hope; 
 
 " Till in fruition lost anil full desire 
 
 •' SIuUl hope and faith at heaven's high gate expire. 
 
 " Thus ended Hope — the sweet supernal song 
 
 " Proclaims ; To whom doth this sweet hope beloni; — 
 
 "■ Who would the glorious title still secure 
 
 " Himself must purify as he is pure. 
 
 Then Death arose : and with se])ulchral call 
 
 Surprised the genii of each haunted hall 
 
 Who, when in Ephratah our babe was born, 
 
 Forsook the hill in dark despair to mourn ; 
 
 Wlio said. If she who lately spoke thus gained your 
 
 ear, 
 " Confessing dangerous spells on them that hear, 
 " Much more shall I, if, of my horror shorn, 
 '' To half mankind ; the harbinger of morn, 
 " To heirs of heaven ; of whom this bliss they cry 
 " Death where thy sting, and grave thy victory ? 
 " If I have terror whose dismays are mine ? 
 " Whom do ye see in Faith and Hope divine ? 
 " And whom but God the just do I pourtray 
 " Now ceasing 'mid the shouts of hell to play ? 
 "And 'twas, if long with theni I dared comply 
 " Not that I fell from heaven — or they could die — 
 " For this it ends, the Godhead, loth to sit 
 " With hell against his mortals, came to quit 
 " The horrid juncture — broke my fealty, 
 '• Who now Iligii heaven, as torture erst, supply : 
 
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 "Such happy chan^o ye spirits will attest 
 
 "Whose passport 1 became to endless rest • 
 
 " Ihey tlmt confess in woe their course was done 
 
 - Witness that here their torment was beZ 
 ' Such wail to utter in their halls of ni-ht 
 
 ;; As when Earth's scoffers sought a floSdless height 
 Or, floundtu-.ng in the dark eyrthrine sea, 
 
 •' I haraoh was whelmed with Egypt's cavalry ; 
 J^ut if, yet unawakened ! ye would have 
 
 - i >f«e 'lours of grace exhort you from the grave 
 Attend C Dreamers ! see ye blest arise 
 
 " Visions of eldest Death before your eyes— 
 ''For this strange hour is filled with power of God- 
 Death waved his liand-the mountain burst abroad," 
 And underneath a vast re.reat appeared. 
 Where sounds despairing dismally are heard : 
 len thousand tapers blue and sickly «rlow 
 Not half the shady corridor to shew " 
 Faint thunders far below distract their ears 
 A terrace rings with ever falling tears— ' 
 Ntrange moaning breezes sweep the utmost floor, 
 And shadowy forms in myriads wander o'er • 
 V\ hen the harsh creak of some high swaying gate, 
 Importing shudders, on all ears doth -rate 
 As widowed Salem's pondrous portal moved 
 By art diviue when Salem faithless proved • 
 • Here entering, list this yet unwonted sound 
 1 hat hlls the startled labyrinth around ; 
 " The firs rejoice and Lebanon is glad ' 
 ''No hewer fells when Babylon is'laid ;— 
 Ihus spake a voice from earth ; straight I beheld 
 Among the souls many once crowned with gold. 
 Who, mid the unnumbered, spurn the sweating floor 
 And congregate at Hades' regal door ; 
 While, seen without, a like terrific troop 
 Swift from above descends with eagle swoop • 
 It IS the King of Babel— Death precedes, ' 
 And to new sovereignty his victim leads ; 
 VVhile, stung with anguish, all the dark array 
 launt the new dead and thus revengeful say— 
 
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 " FIdl from l,encuth is move.l to see thee como- 
 
 • Slirs her to induct thee in thy fitter home • 
 
 • Art ulso thou become as weak as we 
 -To -ive the frrave thy pompous heraidry? 
 
 U Lucifer ! how fallen ! once Son of morn— 
 -^o more to impoverish the nations roiMul— 
 ^ Ihy name no terror— stricken to the <Toun,l— 
 ; For thou hast said, by me Heaven's p^ath be trod 
 1 o exalt my tlirone above the stars of God • 
 W i^e art thou now ? Hell laughs her sport'to make 
 Is tins the man that made the kingdoms sliake > 
 Soe, the long prison house is open wide 
 '' Kiii-s lie .■• glory— nations sit beside— 
 Ihe ver> ,;/ave her flood of woe to staunch, 
 JJJisgorges this abominable branch— 
 '' A besom of destruction sweeps thv throne 
 And greater agony is all thy crown"- 
 Tliese entering still to urge his awful fears 
 At once the appalling vision disappears 
 Olympus closes to the spheres' glad sonn- 
 lill death again speaks to the amazed thron- 
 
 Behold the vision of my later rei^n ' 
 And a nevv scene delights tl|e tranced'train • 
 A scene of night once more bind.^ every eye' 
 But no sad winds mourn 'neath its canopy— 
 A stately hall appears half lit within ' # 
 
 Lut here ^olian music is the din • 
 And pleasant voices fill the odorous air 
 1^ rom blessed spirits chanting everywhere • 
 Her portals round upon the dews are spread 
 IJie perfect riches of the entered dead— 
 riieir blissful name— diamonds of price that shin^ 
 
 llaik ! softly cast upon the solemn air 
 Ihe voice of Seraphs wakeless ones can hear 
 And seethe Saviour to their bosom .rive 
 feome sister soul wdio would no lon«re"r live 
 Again the enrapturing vision is dispersed, ' 
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