Occasional verse, moral and sacred Published for the instruction and amusement of the Candidly Serious and Religious [by Edward Perronet] |
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IMPROMPTU,
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IMPROMPTU,
On hearing Thunder.
How dread the burst! how awful rolls the sound!
From pole to pole, the echoing bolts rebound.
{Jeh}ovah's voice, that calls the world His own,
[illeg.] claims His will, and, riding on His throne
[illeg.] state unseen, bids all creation hear,
[illeg.] O isles, and, as you hearken, “fear.”
From pole to pole, the echoing bolts rebound.
{Jeh}ovah's voice, that calls the world His own,
[illeg.] claims His will, and, riding on His throne
[illeg.] state unseen, bids all creation hear,
[illeg.] O isles, and, as you hearken, “fear.”
Fear not,” says Atheism, “'tis but Nature's roar,
To frighten fools, and then her jest is o'er;
Nature is nothing, and this nothing all
That children shudders, or can fools appal.”
[illeg.] you miscreant, and in flames go down,
[illeg.] thousands, chain'd, the god of thunders own!
To frighten fools, and then her jest is o'er;
Nature is nothing, and this nothing all
That children shudders, or can fools appal.”
[illeg.] you miscreant, and in flames go down,
[illeg.] thousands, chain'd, the god of thunders own!
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