hunger and thirst, heat and weariness, while 887 Son, Heir, and Lord, to him dominion given 891 I will sing Jehovah: for he hath triumphed gloriously. In the greatness of thine excellency thou hast overthrown them that rose up against thee thou sentest forth thy wrath, which consumed them as stubble. who into glory him received. Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power; when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high. (Hebrews, i. 3.) And having, by myself, performed that great transaction, which is the cleansing away of our sins: he is now set down on the right hand of the Majesty on high, of that glorious and excellent Being, who reigns supreme in the heaven of heavens. END OF THE SIXTH BOOK. BOOK VIL VII. 1 Descend from heav'n Urania, 2 4 6 One of the nine muses: the daughters of Jupiter and Mnemosyne. Urania presided over astronomy. whose voice divine Following, above th' Olympian hill I soar, Doth not Wisdom cry; and Understanding put forth her voice? When there were no depths, I was brought forth; when there were no foundations abounding with water. Then I was by him, as one brought up with him; and I was daily his delight, rejoicing always before him: rejoicing in the habitable parts of his earth; and my delights were with the sons of men. Prov. viii. 1, 24, 30. Above the flight of Pegasean wing. Pegasus, a winged horse, who fixed his residence on Mount Helycon: the poets say, that, on striking the earth with his foot, he raised a fountain called Hyppocrene; he was given to Bellerophon to conquer the Chimera: no sooner was this monster destroyed, than Pagasus threw his rider; because he attempted to fly to heaven. Pagasus was placed among the constellations. Nor of the muses nine, Unutterably bless'd He whom the muses love! a melting voice T 7 Flows ever from his lip; and is there one Awakes the strain; he sings the mighty deeds Of men of yore; the praise of blessed gods In heaven; and, strait, though stricken to the He shall forget, nor aught of all his griefs Of old Olympus dwell'st. HESIOD, The A mountain of Macedonia and Thessaly. ancients supposed that it touched the heavens with its top; and, from that circumstance, they have placed the residence of the gods there, and have made it the court of Jupiter. 13 Into the heaven of heavens I have presum'd, They dwell in mansions beautified, and shine So, through their parted lips, a lovely voice Of deathless gods; and lovely is their voice. The melody of their hummings; and, beneath Arises, as, tumultuous, they pass on, To greet their awful sire. 18 Bellerophon HESIOD. The son of Glaucus, king of Emphyre, being at the court of Protus, king of Argos, gave him some cause for displeasure; but Prœtus, unwilling to violate the laws of hospitality by punishing Bellerophon, sent him to Jobates, king of Lycia with a letter, in which he requested the king to punish, with death, the man who had so dishonourably treated his family. Jobates, to satisfy his son in law, sent Bellerophon to conquer the Chimera; in which dangerous expedition he hoped that he should perish. But Minerva supported him; and, with the aid of the winged horse, Pegasus, he conquered the monster and returned victorious. Jobates sent him in many perils; but the gods protected him. Jobates no longer sought to destroy him; but gave him his daughter in marriage, and made him successor to the throne of Lycia. 19 Dismounted, on the Aleian field I fall A field in Cilicia; where, it is reported, Perseus wandered after his fall from heaven, and died of hunger. 33 Of Bacchus and his revelers, The festivals of Bacchus, generally called orgies. Bachanalia, or Dyonysia, were introduced into Greece, from Egypt, by Danaus and his daughters. 34 Of that wild rout that tore the Thracian bard Orpheus lost his wife Eurydice; and the Thra 733 Thou shalt be all in all and I in thee; That they all may be one, as thou, Father, art in me and I in thee; that they also may be one in us; that the world may believe that thou hast sent me. I in them, and thou in me; that they may be made perfect in one; and that the world may know that thou hast sent me, and hast loved them, as thou hast loved me. John, xvii. 21, 22 Thus, therefore, may these wise and gracious purposes of his love be fulfilled in us! May we be one with each other and with him! May that piety and charity appear in the whole series of our temper and behaviour, which may evidently shew the force of our religion, and reflect a conspicuous honour on the founder of it! And may all concur to train us up for that complete felicity above, in which all the purposes of his love centre! It is the declared will of Christ, and let us never forget it, that his people should be with him where he is, that they may behold his glory which the Father has given him. And there is apparent congruity, as well as mercy, in this appointment; that where he is, there also should his servants be. 734 But whom thou hat'st, I hate and can put on For they speak against thee wickedly, and thine enemies take thy name in vain. Do not I hate them, O Lord, that hate thee? and am I not grieved with those that rise up against thee? I hate them with perfect hatred; I count them my enemies. Search me, O God, and know my heart; try me and lead me, and know my thoughts; and see |