Poems, Sacred and Moral/Hymn 2

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HYMN II.

Thy humblest works with full accordConfirm thy word, Almighty Lord!And spread beneath man's downward eyesA 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 tidesYon 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.
O well! were mine as pure a course.O well! with half the truth and forceDid this degenerate heart of mineReflect the beams of Grace divine.
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