Take the gem that thou gavest, It is thine, and for ever! DALE. UNIVERSAL PRAISE DUE TO GOD. JEHOVAH reigns: let every nation hear, And at his footstool bow with holy fear; Let heaven's high arches echo with his name, He rules with wide and absolute command, He saw the struggling beams of infant light The joyful sun sprung up the ethereal way, Ten thousand glittering lamps the skies adorning, Earth's blooming face with rising flow'rs he dress'd, And spread a verdant mantle o'er her breast; At length she rose complete in finish'd pride, Yet this fair world, the creature of a day, The sun himself, with weary clouds opprest, The stars rush headlong in the wild commotion, But fix'd, O God! for ever stands thy throne; Th' eternal fire that feeds each vital flame, He dwells within his own unfathom'd essence, |