On all thy works, thyſelf inſcribed we find!
How various all! how variouſly endow’d
How great their number! and each part how good!
How perfect then muſt the great parent ſhine!
Who with one act of energy divine,
Laid the vaſt plan, and finiſh’d the deſign.
Where e’er the pleaſing ſearch my thoughts purſue,
Unbounded goodneſs opens to my view.
Nor does our world alone, its influence ſhare;
Exhauſtleſs bounty, and unwearied care,
Extend thro’ all th’ infinitude of ſpace,
And circle nature with a kind embrace.
The wavy kingdoms of the deep below,
Thy power, thy wiſdom, and thy goodneſs ſhew.
Here various beings without number ſtray,
Croud the profound, or on the ſurface play.
Leviathan here, the mightieſt of the train,
Enormous! ſails incumbent o’er the the main.
All theſe thy watchful providence ſupplies;
To thee alone, they turn their waiting eyes.
For them thou open’ſt thy exhauſtleſs ſtore,
Till the capacious wiſh can graſp no more.
