HYMN II.
Thy humblest works with full accord
Confirm thy word, Almighty Lord!
And spread beneath man's downward eyes
A scene that bids them seek the skies.
Confirm thy word, Almighty Lord!
And spread beneath man's downward eyes
A scene that bids them seek the skies.
Emblem of zeal that never tires,
Nor kindles with unhallow'd fires,—
Such be my zeal!—in eddying tides
Yon stream its active chrystal guides:
Nor kindles with unhallow'd fires,—
Such be my zeal!—in eddying tides
Yon stream its active chrystal guides:
Or pausing, as a nobler wood,
Or wilder cliff o'erhangs its flood,
(Each wave, each dimpling curl, represt)
Displays the picture on its breast.
Or wilder cliff o'erhangs its flood,
(Each wave, each dimpling curl, represt)
Displays the picture on its breast.
O well! were mine as pure a course.
O well! with half the truth and force
Did this degenerate heart of mine
Reflect the beams of Grace divine.
O well! with half the truth and force
Did this degenerate heart of mine
Reflect the beams of Grace divine.