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March'd He against the Rivers? or was He,
Thou mighty Flood! displeas'd at thee?
The Flood beheld from far,
The Deity in all his Equipage of War;
And lo! at once it bursts! in diverse falls
On either hand! it swells in Crystal Walls!
Th' eternal Rocks disclose! the tossing Waves
Rush in loud Thunder from a thousand Caves!
Why tremble ye, O! faithless, to behold
The op'ning Deeps their Gulphs unfold?
Enter the dreadful Chasms! 'tis God, who guides
Your wondrous Way! the God, who rules the Tides!
And lo! they march amid the deaf'ning Roar
Of tumbling Seas! they mount the adverse Shore!
Advance, ye chosen Tribes!—Arabia's Sands
Lonely, uncomfortable Lands!
Void of Fountain, void of Rain,
Oppose their burning Coasts in vain!
Thou mighty Flood! displeas'd at thee?
The Flood beheld from far,
The Deity in all his Equipage of War;
And lo! at once it bursts! in diverse falls
On either hand! it swells in Crystal Walls!
Th' eternal Rocks disclose! the tossing Waves
Rush in loud Thunder from a thousand Caves!
Why tremble ye, O! faithless, to behold
The op'ning Deeps their Gulphs unfold?
Enter the dreadful Chasms! 'tis God, who guides
Your wondrous Way! the God, who rules the Tides!
And lo! they march amid the deaf'ning Roar
Of tumbling Seas! they mount the adverse Shore!
Advance, ye chosen Tribes!—Arabia's Sands
Lonely, uncomfortable Lands!
Void of Fountain, void of Rain,
Oppose their burning Coasts in vain!
See!
