Circling the Pole; and those who saw the flames Of Hecla burn the drifted snow: the Russ,

Long whiskered, and equestrian Pole; and those

Who drank the Rhine, or lost the evening sun
Behind the Alpine towers; and she that sat
By Arno, classic stream; Venice and Rome,
Head quarters long of sin! first guileless now,
And meaning as she seemed, stretched forth her

hands.

And all the isles of ocean, rose and came, Whether they heard the roll of banished tides,

Antipodes to Albion's wave; or watched

The moon ascending chalky Teneriffe,
And with Atlanta holding nightly love.

The Sun, the Moon, the Constellations came :

Thrice twelve and ten that watched the Antarctic

sleep;

Twice six that near the Ecliptic dwelt; thrice

twelve

And one, that with the Streamers danced, and

saw

The Hyperborean ice, guarding the Pole.

The East, the West, the South, and snowy North, Rejoicing met, and worshipped reverently

Before the Lord, in Zion's holy hill;

And all the places round about were blest.

In

The animals, as once in Eden, lived

peace: the wolf dwelt with the lamb; the bear And leopard with the ox; with looks of love, The tiger, and the scaly crocodile,

Together met, at Gambia's palmy wave :

Perched on the eagle's wing, the bird of
Singing arose, and visited the sun;

song,

And with the falcon sat the gentle lark.
The little child leaped from his mother's arms,
And stroked the crested snake, and rolled unhurt

Among his speckled waves-and wished him home :

And sauntering school-boys, slow returning,

played

At eve about the lion's den, and wove,

Into his shaggy mane, fantastic flowers :
To meet the husbandman, early abroad,
Hasted the deer, and waved its woody head:
And round his dewy steps, the hare, unscared,
Sported; and toyed familiar with his dog:
The flocks and herds, o'er hill and valley spread,
Exulting, cropped the ever-budding herb:

The desert blossomed, and the barren sung:
Justice and Mercy, Holiness and Love,

Among the people walked: Messiah reigned:
And Earth kept Jubilee a thousand years.

END OF VOLUME I.

PEACOCK AND FAIRGRIEVE, PRINTERS, EDINBURGH.