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Poetry.
For this , confiding Faith , and smiling Hope , With ssveet celestial Charity appeared ; Wisdom , and Strength , and Beauty , joined the group , And each a column of the fabric reared ; Surmounted by the royal arch above , Joined by the key-stone of celestial
love—The svork completed on this heavenly plan , His tabernacle is again svith man . As an auxiliar in this glorious cause , Our fellow-craft here consecrate this pile , Sacred to pure benevolence , svhose lasvs Of mutual kindness light a blissful smile
In sorrosv ' s desyy eye . This splendid dome Shall never echo an unheeded sigh ; For Charity , descending from the sky , Claims the proud fabric as her future home—Her earthly temple—svhere her blazing shrine
Glosvs svith a light that never shall decline , Till thousands yet unborn admiring see , And osvn the peerless svorth of PIETY .
Sonnet To The Moon.
SONNET TO THE MOON .
BRIGHT Orb of Beauty ! Queen of starry Night ! When I behold thee svith thy smile benign Diffusing lustre from thy fount of light O ' er the cheer'd earth , I osvn in thee the sign Of the Almighty Architect divine , Who for his glory and our good hath set
Thy course among the heavens , as svith a line Around us circumscribing thee . And yet I may not deem thee made for us alone—I may not think thy silver-bright domain A realm where soulless solitude doth reign , Spiritless being!—though unseen , unknosvn , Living Intelligence may there obtain , Higher than ours , to glorify God ' s throne . * PILGRIM .
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Poetry.
For this , confiding Faith , and smiling Hope , With ssveet celestial Charity appeared ; Wisdom , and Strength , and Beauty , joined the group , And each a column of the fabric reared ; Surmounted by the royal arch above , Joined by the key-stone of celestial
love—The svork completed on this heavenly plan , His tabernacle is again svith man . As an auxiliar in this glorious cause , Our fellow-craft here consecrate this pile , Sacred to pure benevolence , svhose lasvs Of mutual kindness light a blissful smile
In sorrosv ' s desyy eye . This splendid dome Shall never echo an unheeded sigh ; For Charity , descending from the sky , Claims the proud fabric as her future home—Her earthly temple—svhere her blazing shrine
Glosvs svith a light that never shall decline , Till thousands yet unborn admiring see , And osvn the peerless svorth of PIETY .
Sonnet To The Moon.
SONNET TO THE MOON .
BRIGHT Orb of Beauty ! Queen of starry Night ! When I behold thee svith thy smile benign Diffusing lustre from thy fount of light O ' er the cheer'd earth , I osvn in thee the sign Of the Almighty Architect divine , Who for his glory and our good hath set
Thy course among the heavens , as svith a line Around us circumscribing thee . And yet I may not deem thee made for us alone—I may not think thy silver-bright domain A realm where soulless solitude doth reign , Spiritless being!—though unseen , unknosvn , Living Intelligence may there obtain , Higher than ours , to glorify God ' s throne . * PILGRIM .