SPIRITS from this sphere Of every climeHigh Priests whose offerings shew salvation near, Pure Saints that walk'd with thee in faith below, And Prophets whose inspired words were bid to glow Through every change of Time; Soft beings whose meek breasts in this fierce world were riven, [heaven, Dear Martyrs that arose, from earthly flames to Loved spirits of the holy, softly drawn awayFrom this gross husk and prison of dull clay; Unite in songs sublime, Even with the angels rank'd in proudest place Before thy dazzling face; Unite with all the heavenly hosts in sacred glee, Compass'd by Truth, and Love, and Joy, and Harmony, Giving Eternal Glory unto THEE. Sons of this drear Earth, Sleep, sleep no more! But in the raptures of a second birth Rise in the beauty of all holiness above This sphere of darkness, on the wings of love, And freed from sorrow soar Towards JEHOVAH, throned in the excess Of LIGHT, and LovE, and perfect RIGHTEOUSNESS. From the heart's inmost core: Nor let the swelling organ-peal refrain To join the solemn strain, When heart and spirit, soul and sense, shall blend With his eternal essence, and would bend To worship and adore! HOLY NATURE come -And sweetly tell, His praise and wonders, for thou art not dumb; Shout Ocean from thy depths! shout, shout aloud! And ye sublimer Tempests robed in cloud The diapason swell; Blend in the glorious anthem, Beast and Bird, And let your shrillest octaves still be heard; Uprising with the incense of the vale, Or borne in sweetest sounds upon the gale, Till Time and Earth shall sever: Whirlwind and Storm, high doers of his will, Join in the chorus still Crown the great Hymn, ye Thunders; catch the sound, Ye everlasting Hills, and bear it round The barren Desert and the shrubless Plain, For ever and for ever PRAISE YE THE LORD! In earth or heaven; PRAISE HIM-PRAISE HIM ALL, And humbled in his presence prostrate fall. Praise Him-Redemption now is on the wing sting: Praise his Glorious Name Praise Him-The human breast can drink his vital ray; Praise Him-Eternal Hope doth bloom in mortal clay; Praise Him-Ten thousand joys are centred in his word; Praise Him-His Spirit now is shed abroad, see Her immortality ;— Sing Hallelujah, Hallelujah from afar Sing praise from world to world-sing praise from star to star: PRAISE THE LORD! HALLELUJAH! NATURE, NATURAL SCENERY, &c. NATURE'S BENEFICENCE. OH! Holy Nature! handmaid of a kind And mocks us with vain show:-Thou art our mother, Who trusts, and knows thee, and can follow thee To bring up withered hopes to light and life, E'en with the violets' odour, happy thoughts And kindred aspirations; such as seem To make the heart bud out again afresh, B With hopes that are eternal: summer's sun NATURE'S VOTARY. SCORN not fair Nature's votary, for he And haughty mightiness, yet still the music She wears in storm and tempest, serve to fill |