A book of English poetry; ed. by T. Shorter

au roJal.!l or ..uoro!f.

Here chec&'d by too impet.uoua hute,

Wbile there the muaie rana to ~te,

With bounty more and more enlarged,

Till the whole air ia overcharged ;

Gin ear, 0 Man I to their appeal,

And thint for no inferior seal,

Thou, who e&D8t tllinl:, AI weli u feet

'Mount from the earth; upire I upire I

So pleada the town's Cl\t.bedr&l quiNI 1

lA etraina thAt from their eolemn he1ght

Sink, to attain a loftier ffight;

Wbile incenee from the altar breatbta

Rich fragrance in embodied wreaths;

Or, 1lung from awinging eelll6r, ehrouda

Tbe taper-Hghte, and carla in clouda

Around angelic Forma, the .till

Creation of the painter'• alcilJ,

That on the service wait conceal'd

One moment, and the next reveal'd.

-cast off your bonda, awake, arlee,

And for no tra.naient eeetaaieal

Wbl\t elee cau me&U the vitu&l plea

Of still or moving imagery-

The iterated 11nmmoneloud,

Not wuted on the attendant crowd,

Nor wholly loet upon the throng

Hurrying the busy etreeta along 1

Alu I the ea.nctitiee combined

By art to uneenau!Lliae tht mind,

Decay and languish; or, AI creede

And humoun change, are epurn'd like weerte:

The pri1111te are (rom their a.ltare t.hruat;

Temple• are le..-ell'd with the d111t;

And eolemo rites and awful forme

Founder amid fanatic .tonne.

Yet evermore, thron~h yean reoew'd

In undilturb'd viciu1tude

or 18U01la balancing their 1llgh'

On the ewi~ wings or day and night,

Kind Nature keepe a hea~enly door

Wide open for the ecatter'd Poor.

Where ftowez-.breathed incense to the Wf! t

Ia ~ in mute ha.rmouiea;