THIS AND THE FOLLOWING PSALM WERE DONE BY THE AUTHOR AT FIFTEEN YEARS OLD (1624).-M. WHEN the blest seed of Terah's faithful son And passed from Pharian fields to Canaan-land, VOL. I. B 10 Shake, Earth, and at the presence be aghast PSALM CXXXVI. LET us with a gladsome mind. Let us blaze his name abroad, Oh! let us his praises tell, Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell; Who with his miracles doth make Who by his wisdom did create The painted heavens so full of state; Who did the solid earth ordain To rise above the watery plain; For his, etc. Who, by his all-commanding might, Did fill the new-made world with light; For his, etc. And caused the golden-tressed sun For his, etc. 20 The horned moon to shine by night, He, with his thunder-clasping hand, And, in despite of Pharaoh fell, The ruddy waves he cleft in twain For his, etc. The floods stood still like walls of glass, For his, etc. But full soon they did devour The tawny king with all his power; For his, etc. His chosen people he did bless, For his, etc. In bloody battle he brought down For his, etc. He foiled bold Seon and his host, That ruled the Amorrean coast; For his, etc. And large-limbed Og he did subdue, For his, etc. And to his servant Israël He gave the land wherein to dwell; For his, etc. 330 40 50 |