Poems, Sacred and Moral/Hymn 2

by Thomas Gisborne

HYMN II.

 

Thy humblest works with full accord
Confirm thy word, Almighty Lord!
And spread beneath man's downward eyes
A scene that bids them seek the skies.

Emblem of zeal that never tires,
Nor kindles with unhallow'd fires,—
Such be my zeal!—in eddying tides
Yon stream its active chrystal guides:

Or pausing, as a nobler wood,
Or wilder cliff o'erhangs its flood,
(Each wave, each dimpling curl, represt)
Displays the picture on its breast.

O well! were mine as pure a course.
O well! with half the truth and force
Did this degenerate heart of mine
Reflect the beams of Grace divine.