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By Thy unwearied strength upheld
To Thee the King his thanks shall yield,
And, taught by blest experience, know
What joys from Thy salvation flow.
Thy cares his heart's desire complete;
His pray'r from Thy eternal seat,
As low to Thee his knees he bends,
In full acceptance back descends.
Thou, Lord, preventive of his want,
The blessings of thy Love wilt grant,
And bid the golden circlet spread
Its purest splendors round his head.
He ask'd thee Life, and finds it giv'n,
Life, lasting as the days of Heav'n.
The conquests, which thy hands bestow,
With grace and glory bind his brow;
He, crown'd with bliss perpetual, He
Thy face in full display shall see,
And (for on Thee his hopes rely,)
Unmov'd each adverse shock defy.
Thy hand shall find each latent foe,
And vengeful strike th' unerring blow.
Fierce as the kindled furnace glows,
Whose sides the crackling thorns inclose,
Thy wrath its flames shall round them pour,
And quick their boasted strength devour.
Their fruit, a luckless progeny,
Uprooted from the ground shall die,
And Earth their tribe no more behold
Amidst her families inroll'd,
Who, impious, durst resistance give
To Thee, whom None resist and live.
In vain each hostile art they try;
Behold, as trembling back they fly,
Thy shafts, adjusted to the string,
Impatient wait upon the wing.

Maker of All, through Earth and Skies
O let thy pow'r conspicuous rise,
And furnish to our grateful lays
A theme of everlasting praise.