And Lebanon and Sirion before thee
Skip like a Calf, and like a Unicorn,
In youth transcilient, and by Nature free-
Thy Voice, Jehovah! shakes the desert lorn;
Jehovah shakes the Wilderness; his Voice
Maketh the Hinds to calve, the forest-born.

Within his Temple shall his Sons rejoice,
And all declare his Glory. On the Sea
He sitteth-hushed is its tempestuous noise-
Behold Jehovah sitteth royally

Upon the calmed flood, eternal Lord;

And strength unto his people giveth He,

And them with Peace and Blessing hath restored." :

XXIV.

THE RETURN.

THUS with hosanna, and with choral song,
Accompanied, Messiah from the plain

Of Victory returned; with him along

The thousand thousands of his sainted train,
Attendant on his Chariot. Greater he

Than that God-guide, renowned in antique strain
Of philosophic Sage,.. the Deity,

Himself his Chariot animating, who
Traversed the heavens with the heavenly,
Or o'er the heavenliest ascended, to

The gorgeous banquet of the Gods, on high,
Whereof no bard hath told in numbers true.
With loftier state, more glorious majesty,

Messiah, on the wings of Cherubim,
Was charioted aloft, triumphantly-

And hallelujahs sang they unto him,
As with the sound of waters, variable
In harmony; above, the Seraphim
Their volant canopy inwove as well—

And hymns were harped by that redeemed throng.

One Sabbath dawned in heaven, on earth, in hell; How solemnized,..is theme for other song.

FINIS.

SONNE T.

WHO die, repose in Hope. We live on Earth
By Faith, in Heaven by Love. Yet bide they not
Apart, Faith, Hope and Charity, I wot―

Consistent faculties of human birth.

But in all times and places find they dearth,
Now less..now more. High hour, and sacred spot,
Hath each..have all--and a peculiar lot

By holy altar, or domestick hearth.

And Hope as well as Faith, (this know I well,)
Supports our conflicts with the world, and Love
Cheers many a toil-Yet distant and above
Their objects be,.. felt, yet invisible.

Here, promises: the things whereof they tell
Death shall disclose, and Paradise approve.

Q

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