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ISAIAH.
Deep vision'd son of Amoz! with fix'd gaze
And full-tranc'd eyelid, when the illumin'd rays
Fell on thy heart, and to thy ravish'd sense
Rose future scenes hid in Omnipotence:—
And full-tranc'd eyelid, when the illumin'd rays
Fell on thy heart, and to thy ravish'd sense
Rose future scenes hid in Omnipotence:—
Whether when Hell was mov'd, and from its throne
Arose to greet the crown-less Babylon,
Or lifted earth, and the descending sky
In vocal gladness blend, as feeling nigh
The coming of th'eternal Jubilee;
And mountains find a voice, and the glad sea
Listens with all his isles: or from thy brow
A hand unseen the curtain lifts, and, lo,
Dread judgments lower o'er guilty Israel;
And, by near shadows made more visible,
Bright scenes come forth; like landscapes, baffling thought,
Pictur'd afar on hanging clouds, and brought
To a strange nearness; fairer than the state
Which evening pours upon Heav'n's western gate,
Or music opens, with a touch of light
Bringing lost Eden on the inward sight.
Arose to greet the crown-less Babylon,
Or lifted earth, and the descending sky
In vocal gladness blend, as feeling nigh
The coming of th'eternal Jubilee;
And mountains find a voice, and the glad sea
Listens with all his isles: or from thy brow
A hand unseen the curtain lifts, and, lo,
Dread judgments lower o'er guilty Israel;
And, by near shadows made more visible,
Bright scenes come forth; like landscapes, baffling thought,
Pictur'd afar on hanging clouds, and brought
To a strange nearness; fairer than the state
Which evening pours upon Heav'n's western gate,
Or music opens, with a touch of light
Bringing lost Eden on the inward sight.
At every turn the Man of sorrow stands,
Bearing the key to those unearthly lands.
Bearing the key to those unearthly lands.
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