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SOLILOQUY XXIV.
Where fly my wishes? what aspiring views
Are these that animate my tow'ring hopes?
What boundless aims does my ambition take?
'Tis God himself, the great eternal God,
That spread the heav'ns, and kindled all the lights
That roll on high, 'tis he is all my bliss!
My soaring thoughts can take no lower aim,
Thither alone my bold desires ascend.
Are these that animate my tow'ring hopes?
What boundless aims does my ambition take?
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That spread the heav'ns, and kindled all the lights
That roll on high, 'tis he is all my bliss!
My soaring thoughts can take no lower aim,
Thither alone my bold desires ascend.
Ye splendors unconceiv'd, ye joys unknown,
Ye sights that mortal ken has ne'er explor'd;
O when in dazzling pomp will you unfold
Your fair transporting prospects to my soul?
This low creation gives me no delight;
The brightest objects sicken on my sense.
The sun and stars emit their chearful rays
In vain: in vain to me the beauteous spring
Her blooming sweets diffuses thro' the air;
In vain her gay variety, her pomp
Of party-colour'd beauties she displays:
Nothing can recreate my drooping thoughts,
Or fill the boundless vacancy within.
Ye sights that mortal ken has ne'er explor'd;
O when in dazzling pomp will you unfold
Your fair transporting prospects to my soul?
This low creation gives me no delight;
The brightest objects sicken on my sense.
The sun and stars emit their chearful rays
In vain: in vain to me the beauteous spring
Her blooming sweets diffuses thro' the air;
In vain her gay variety, her pomp
Of party-colour'd beauties she displays:
Nothing can recreate my drooping thoughts,
Or fill the boundless vacancy within.
When shall I close my eyes on mortal things,
And bid these dark, these guilty seats adieu?
Break from this prison, drop this hated chain,
And spring with full enlargement to my God?
And bid these dark, these guilty seats adieu?
Break from this prison, drop this hated chain,
And spring with full enlargement to my God?
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