Shouted for joy.7|77|77|"Tell me, |7 ye | shining hosts, 7 |

|

7 That navigate a | sea that | knows no 7 | storms, 7 | 7 Be-neath a vault un- | sullied with a | cloud, | 77 | If from your ele- | vation, | 7 7 | whence ye | view | 7 Distinctly | 77 | scenes | 7 in- | visible to | man, 77| 7 And | systems, | 7 of whose | birth no | tidings | yet 7 | 7 Have reached this | nether | world, | 77 | 7 ye | spy a race 7 |

Favoured as ours; | 7 7 | trans- | gressors from the womb 7 |

7 And | hastening to a grave, 7 | yet 7 | doomed to | rise, 7 |

And to possess a | brighter | heaven than | yours? 77 | 7 As | one who | long de- | tained on | foreign | shores, 7| Pants to re- | turn | 7 7 | and when he | sees a- | far | 7 His country's | weather bleached | 7 and | battered | rocks, 7 |

7 From the green | wave e- | merging, | darts an | eye 7 | Radiant with joy 7 | towards the | happy | land; | 7 7 | So 7 | I | 7 with | animated | hopes be- | hold, 7 | 7 And | many an | aching | wish, | 77 | your | beamy | fires, 7 |

7 That | show like | beacons | 7 in the | blue a- | byss, 7 | 7 Or- dained to guide the em- | bodied | spirit | home | | 7 From toilsome | life 77 to

rest. 777

never-ending |

Love | kindles | 7 as I gaze. | 77 | 7 I feel de- |

sires,

7 That give assurance of their own success, 7 7

And that in-fused from | heaven 7 | must 7 | thither |

tend. 7 | 77 | 77 |

So reads he 7 | nature, | 7 7 | whom the | lamp of | truth |

7 Il- | luminates. | 77 | 7 7 | Thy | lamp 7 | 7 mys- | terious word! | 77 |

7 Which whoso | sees | 77 | 7 no | longer | wanders | lost 7 |

7 With intellects be | mazed in | endless | doubt, | 77 | 7 But | runs the | road of | wisdom. | 77 | 7 7 | Thou hast built

7 With | means, 7 | 7 that were not | till by | thee em- ployed, | 77 |

Worlds, that had never | been | 7 hadst | thou in |

strength |

7 Been | less, 7|7 or | less be- | nevolent than ↑ strong. 7777 |

They are thy

witnesses, |77| who | speak thy | power |

7 And goodness | infinite, | 7 but | speak in | ears, | 7 That | hear not, | 7 or re- | ceive not | their re- | port. | 77 | 77 |

7 In | vain | 7 thy | creatures | testify of | thee, |

7 Till | thou pro- | claim thy- | self. | 77 | 77 |Theirs is in- | deed |

7 A | teaching | voice; 7 | but 'tis the | praise of thine | 7 That | whom | it | teaches | 7 it | makes 7 | prompt to learn,

77 | And with the | boon 7 | gives | talents | 7 for its use. | 77 | 7 7 |

7 Till | thou | 7 art | heard, | 7 i- | magi- | nations | vain

7 Possess the | heart; |77|7 and | fables | false as | hell, |

Yet | deemed o- | racular, | lure | down to | death, 7 | 7 The uninformed and heedless | souls of | men. | 77 | 77 |

We give to chance, 7 | blind | chance, 7|7 ourselves as blind |

7 The glory of thy | work; | 77 | 7 which | yet ap- | pears 7

Perfect 7 and unim- | peachable of | blame, | 77 | Challenging human | scrutiny, | 7 and | proved 7 | Then | skilful | most when most se- | verely | judged. | 77 | 77 |

7 But | chance is | not; | 77 | 7 or | is not | where | thou reignest: |77|

Thy | providence | 7 for- | bids that | fickle | power 7 | (7 If power she | be 7 | 7 that | works but to con- | found) 7 |

7 To mix her wild va- | garies | 7 with thy laws. | 77 |

Yet thus we dote, | 7 re- | fusing | 7 while we | can | 7 Instruction, | 7 and in- | venting | 7 to our- | selves 7 | Gods such as guilt 7 | makes | welcome; | 7 7 | Gods that sleep |

7 Or | disregard our | follies, | 7 or that | sit 7 | 7 A- | mused spec- | tators | 7 of this | bustling | stage. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

Thee we reject 7 | un- | able to a- | bide 7 |

Thy 7 purity, | 7 till | pure | 7 as thou art | pure; | 77 |

Made such by thee, | 7 we | love thee | 7 for | that 7 |

cause

7 For which we | shunned and | hated thee | 7 be- | fore. | 77 | 77 |

Then are we free. 7 7 7 7 7 | Then | liberty | 7 like | day,

Breaks on the soul, |77| and by a flash from | heaven 7

Fires all the faculties | 7 with | glorious | joy.|77|77| 7 A | voice is heard, | 7 that | mortal | ears 7 | hear 7 | not 7 |

7 Till thou hast | touched them; | 7 'tis the | voice of

7 A loud ho- | sanna | sent from | all thy | works; 7 | 7 Which he that hears it | 7 with a shout re- |

peats, 7 |

7 And adds 7 | his 7 | rapture | 7 to the general | praise. | 77 |

7 In | that 7 | blest | moment | 7 7 | Nature, | throwing | wide 7 |

7 Her veil o- | paque, | 7 dis- | closes with a smile 7 | 7 The author of her | beauties, | 7 who | 7 re- | tired 7 Be- | hind his own cre- | ation, | works un- | seen 7 | By the im- pure, | 7 and | hears his | power de- | nied. | 77 | 77 |

Thou art the source | and | centre of | all | minds, | 7 Their only point of | rest, 77 e-ternal | word! | 77 |

7 From | thee de- | parting, | 7 7 | they are | lost 7 | 7

and rove

7 At | random | 7 with- | out 7 | honour, | hope, 7 | 7 or peace. |77|77|

I

7 From | thee is | all that | soothes the | life of | man, | 7 His | high en- | deavour, and his | glad suc- | cess, 7 |

7 His strength to suffer, | 7 and his will to | serve. |77|77|

7 But | oh thou | bounteous | Giver of | all | good, 7| Thou art of all thy | gifts 7|7 thy- | self the | crown! | 77 |

Give what thou

poor;

canst, | 7 with- | out thee | 7 we are |

7 And with thee | rich, 7 | take what thou wilt a- | away. | 7 7 | 7 7 |

SONNET TO CYRIAC SKINNER.

Milton.

Cyriac, 7 this | three years' | day 7 ❘ these | eyes | 7 (though clear, 7 |

7 To | outward | view, 7 | 7 of | blemish or of | spot) 7 | 7 Be- | reft of light | 7 their | seeing | 7 have for- | got; 7|77| Nor to their idle | orbs | 7 doth | sight ap- pear, 7 | 1 7 Of | sun, | 7 or | moon, or | star, | 7 through- | out the year, 7

7 Or | man or woman. | 77 | Yet I argue not |

7 A- |gainst | Heaven's | hand or | will, | 7 nor | bate a | jot 7 |

7 Of heart or hope; 77 but | still bear | up and |

steer

Right | onward. | 7 7 | What sup- | ports me | 7 7 | dost thou ask? |