1900 Ten thousand worlds, ten thousand ways devout, 1905 1910 << * Great Vine! On Thee, on Thee the cluster hangs “The filial cluster! infinitely spread 1915 "In glowing globes, with various being fraught; "(And, O! of what dimenfion! of what weight!) 19 "Set in one Signet, flames on the right hand "Of Majefty Divine! The blazing Seal, "That deeply ftamps, on all created mind, "Indelible, His fovereign attributes, "Omnipotence, and Love! That, paffing bound: 1925 "And This, furpaffing That. Nor ftop we Here, VOL. III. "For want of Power in God, but Thought in Man. “Ev'n This acknowledg'd, leaves us still in debt: "If Greater aught, That Greater all is Thine, "Dread Sire !-Accept this Miniature of Thee; 1930 "And pardon an Attempt from mortal thought, "In which archangels might have fail'd, unblam'd.” How fuch ideas of th' Almighty's Power, And fuch ideas of th' Almighty's Plan, (Ideas not abfurd) diftend the thought Of feeble mortals! Nor of them alone! The fulness of the Deity breaks forth In Inconceivables to men, and gods. 1935 Think, then, O think; nor ever drop the thought; How low muft Man defcend, when Gods adore! 1940 Have I not, then, accomplish'd my proud boast ? Did I not tell thee, "* We would mount, Lorenzo ! "And kindle our devotion at the Stars ?" And have I fail'd? And did I flatter thee? 1945 Swear by the Stars, by Him who made them, swear, By due gradation, Nature's facred law. The Stars, from whence?-Ask Chaos-He can tell. Thefe bright temptations to idolatry, From Darkness, and`Confusion, took their birth; 1955 Sons * Page 22, Sons of Deformity! from fluid dregs O be a Man! and thou shalt be a God! ; 1960 1965 And Half Self-made !-Ambition how divine! O Thou, ambitious of difgrace alone! 1970 Still undevout? Unkindled?-Though high-taught, Bent on destruction! and in love with death! 1975 1980 1985 Of AOf Matter's grandeur, know, one end is This, 1985 "Though That immensely Great, ftill Greater He, But, dying, he pronounc'd (when words are true) 1995 2000 Vain, and far worfe!-Think Thou, with dying men; O condescend to think as angels, think! O tolerate a chance for happiness ! Our nature fuch, ill choice enfures ill fate; 2010 And hell had been, though there had been no God. How deep the darkness! and the groan, how loud! 2015 And far, how far, from lambent are the flames !- 2020 For think not thou hast heard all this from me; My fong but echoes what Great Nature speaks. What has she spoken? Thus the goddess spoke, Thus fpeaks for ever :-" Place, at nature's head, "A fovereign, which o'er all things rolls his eye, 2025 "Extends his wing, promulgates his commands, "But, above all, diffufes endless good; "To whom, for fure redrefs, the wrong'd may fly; "The vile, for mercy; and the pain'd, for peace; "By whom, the various tenants of thefe fpheres, 2030 Diverfify'd in fortunes, place, and powers, 2035 "Rais'd in enjoyment, as in worth they rise, "Arrive at length (if worthy such approach) "At that bleft fountain-head, from which they stream; "Where conflict past redoubles present joy; "And prefent joy looks forward on increase; "And That, on more; no period! every step "A double boon! a Promife, and a Bliss.” How eafy fits this fcheme on human hearts! It fuits their make; it fooths their vast desires; Pafion is pleas'd; and Reason asks no more; 'Tis rational! 'tis great!-But what is Thine? It darkens! fhocks! excruciates! and confounds! Leaves us quite naked, both of help, and hope, Sinking from bad to worfe; few years, the sport 2045 F 3 2040 of |