Several Occasions.
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Unconscious! while aloft the Waters flow!
The Gazers Wonder, and a public Show.
The Gazers Wonder, and a public Show.
Ye Hallow'd Domes, his frequent Visits tell,
Thou Court, where God himself delights to dwell;
Thou mystic Table, and thou holy Feast,
How often have ye seen the sacred Guest!
How oft his Soul with heavenly Mannah fed!
His Faith enliven'd, while his Sin lay dead!
While list'ning Angels heard such Raptures rise,
As when they hymn th' Almighty charm the Skies?
But where, now where, without the Body's Aid,
New to the Heav'ns, subsists thy gentle Shade?
Glides it beyond our gross imperfect Sky,
Pleas'd high o'er Stars, from World to World to fly!
And fearless marks the Comet's dreadful Blaze,
While Monarchs quake, and trembling Nations gaze?
Thou Court, where God himself delights to dwell;
Thou mystic Table, and thou holy Feast,
How often have ye seen the sacred Guest!
How oft his Soul with heavenly Mannah fed!
His Faith enliven'd, while his Sin lay dead!
While list'ning Angels heard such Raptures rise,
As when they hymn th' Almighty charm the Skies?
But where, now where, without the Body's Aid,
New to the Heav'ns, subsists thy gentle Shade?
Glides it beyond our gross imperfect Sky,
Pleas'd high o'er Stars, from World to World to fly!
And fearless marks the Comet's dreadful Blaze,
While Monarchs quake, and trembling Nations gaze?
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