Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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AN ALPHABETICAL ACROSTIC.
Alpha! the first! and with the first the last!Before the former, and beyond the past;
Creation's fountain, and the creature's end,
Destruction's terror, but creation's friend;
Eternal Father , as eternal Son!
First and the last, the last and first in one!
Great in thy strength, the glory of thy might;
Holy thy name, and holiness thy light.
In Thee I stand, in Thee all creatures move,
Jehovah! Lord! eternal God of Love!
King of thy saints, and glory of their hope,
Life of their peace, their portion, and their prop.
Made by thy power, let all thy power embrace,
Nor less admire thy justice than thy grace.
O thou, who art in all thy works the same,
Pure in thy will, as mighty in thy fame,
Quick is thy word, and sharper far than steel,
Rending the conscience till its heart-strings feel.
Stern in thy wrath, the sinner hates thy light,
Turns from his God, and seeks relief from night.
Vain man, to think Omniscience cannot see,
Unless by day-light, when it shines on Thee.
Woe then to him, whose hand from Heav'n would hide
Xerxes two millions, or a Xerxes' pride.
Ye sons of earth, ye particles of men,
Zimri shall curse you, till you curse your sin!
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