(seq. 9)

Creation and the Fall of Man~
Written by a young Gentleman 1759. Oct 16, the Author of the first Peom in this Collection
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To the great God who dwells above,
In sacred Majesty & Love,
Whose Name the Crhistian Race were,
Whose Pow'r the Pagen Nations fear,
Who [forri'd?] the radiant Stars on high,
As Emblems of his Purity,
Who told each System where to roll.
Aligning each his sev'ral Goal,
He told each Planet where to run,
And Mark'd their Orbits round their Sun,
He shew'd inferior Worlds their Way,
And bid them round superior play,
Thus to supply the distant Day;
He mark'd the Comet's Paths on high,
And sent them wandering thro' the sky,
Bid them their steady Roads pursue,
Beyond shortsighted Mortal's View.
Thus Nature sets by stated Laws,
Yet all proceeds from God the Cause;
His [T.J.A.T?] gave all Nature Birth,
Atherial some, some duller earth;
Beings, of Forms most like his own
He plac'd in Circles round this Throne,
There to adore and praise his Name,
And there his mighty Deeds proclaim.
In Pow'r & Magesty the same