Shall take poffeffion of the gilded domes;
The fhaggy fatyrs, that old forefts haunt,
The oftrich and his mate, and dragons huge,
Shall sport, and revel in the dreary waste.
There the hoarse screech-owls, that in dead of night
Upon the chimney tops perch ominous,
While fongs obfcene the filent hours difturb,
Shall in loud fhrieks their fad prefages tell,
Shall unmolefted folitude enjoy,

And defolation make more defolate.
Ravens, and vulturs, fcenting from afar
The univerfal flaughter, fhall come forth
From the high mountain, and the humble vale,
Croaking in hideous concert, as they fly,
Dark'ning the heavens with their ghaftly train;
And glut their hungry jaws with human prey.
Not one of thefe fhall fail; none want her mate
But shall for ever fuch (the Lord's decree)
In Edom's ruins wanton undisturb'd.'

This is the fate, ordain'd for Zion's foes.

HEN Idumea, and the nations round,

Th' inveterate foes of Ifrael, and of God,
Lie vanquifh'd, dormant on the dreary waste
Of far extended ruin; and involv'd

In hideous woe, and defolation wide;
Then fhall Judea lift her cheerful head,
Put forth the leaves of glad profperity,
And, after all the gloomy scene of grief
And fad affliction, flourish and revive
In all the bright ferenity of peace.

As the gay rofe, when winter storms are past,
Warm'd with the influence of a kinder fun,
Comés from the bud with a vermilion blufli,
Cheering the fight, and feattering all around
A balmy odour, that perfumes the skies ;
She shall rejoice with joy unfpeakable,
And, fraught with richest bleffings from above,
Spring forth in all the pride of Lebanon,
Whofe lofty cedars, wond'rous to behold,
In bodies huge, and to the fkies erect
Stand eminent, branch over branch out-spread
In reg'lar distances, and verdant fhades;
Emblem of happy ftate. Nor fhall the hills
Of fragrant Carmel, rich in fruitful foil;
Nor Sharon's flow'ry plain in all its bloom,
Array'd in Nature's goodliest attire,

And breathing fresh a gale of heav'nly sweets;
Spring forth in greater glory. For the Lord
His goodness will declare, that knows no bounds;
And all the people shall behold his might,

And fee the wonders of omnipotence.

Strengthen

Strengthen the languid nerves, ye feers! and bid
The trembling hand be strong. Call into life
The diffipated spirits; and confirm

The feeble knees; th' unactive joints fupport;
And bid the lazy blood flow brifkly on,
And circulate with joy through every vein.
Comfort th' opprefs'd; and smooth the ruffled mind';
Say to th' afflicted heart, devoid of hope,
Behold! th' Almighty rushes from the skies,
Ev'n Ifrael's God from his refulgent throne
Of glory comes; but not with radiant blaze
Of light, ev'n light invifible, as when
To Mofes on Mount Horeb he appear'd,
And fent his faithful fervant to redeem
Ungrateful Ifrael from Egyptian bonds;
Nor with the Mufic of a ftill, foft voice,
As when h' inform'd the prophet of his will;
But in a black and dreadful hemifphere
Of darkness, arm'd with flaming thunderbolts,
And flashes of red lightning, to increase
The woe, and make ev'n darkness visible.
The hills fhall tremble at his dire approach;
And fearful mountains, pil'd up to the clouds,
Fall down precipitant with rapid force,

And spread a plain immense. For God will come
Full fraught with vengeance to confume your foes;
You in his bounteous mercy to protect.

Then shall the eyes, long clos'd in blackest night,
To whom no gladfome dawn of light appear'd,
But comfortless, impenetrable fhade,

Shake off the film of darkness, and behold
The long-expected day. New fcenes of joy
Shall then appear, and various prospects rife
To cheer the new-born fight. The deafen'd ear,
On whofe dull nerves fad-moping Silence dwelt,
And lock'd from mufic's note, or voice of man,
Shall open glad its labyrinths of found,
Again the ftringed inftrument fhall feel,
And the sweet words of focial converse hear.

The lame, infirm, creeping with flow advance,
Dragging with pain reluctant feet along,
And scarcely by the friendly crutch sustain'd,
Shall throw th' unferviceable prop afide,
And ftand erect, exulting like a roe
Upon Mount Tabor, frisking nimbly round
On the foft verdant turf, with wanton tread
Skimming along the surface of the plain,
Or lightly bounding o'er the rifing ground.
The dumb, for melancholy filence fram'd,
Cut off from friendly converse with mankind,
Striving in vain the fad defect to mend
With gabb'ring noise of broken fyllables.
Confus'd, fhall talk in dialects compleat;
And tongues, that knew not how to fpeak, fhall fing.

New

New scenes of joy fhall gladden every face;
And univerfal peace o'erspread the land.

The glowing ground, gaping with burning thirst,
Shall greedily fuck in the humid tide,

Pouring from caverns of the craggy hills
In limpid streams, ftill warbling, as they fall,
Melodious murmurs down the ample glade;
And crystal springs refresh the thirsty land.
Where heretofore the curling ferpent lay
In many a wily labyrinth self-roll'd,
Or swept deceitful o'er the dusty plain
In horrid spires, and many a tow'ring maze;
The trembling reed fhall wave his fringed top,
And the tall rush in flender spires up-rife ;
The swampy marfh fhall its broad flag produce,
With bending willow, fport of every wind;
And vegetable earth new bloom display
Delightful, with prolific verdure cloth'd,
A wasteful defart now, and barren foil.

A way shall be prepar'd, a path direct,
Mark'd out by line with an unerring hand,

Ev'n a ftreight path, which God himself shall make ;
It shall be call'd, THE WAY OF HOLINESS;

A way to facred footsteps only known,
Where the unhallow'd fhall no entrance find,
Nor impious feet profane the facred ground.
God shall attend the motions of the just,