Their tribute hither bring: In hymns of praise their tongues employ, Great Salem's King; who bids each state In her, ere time begun, Mother of cities! o'er thy head See Peace, with healing wings outspread, Delighted fix her stay! How blest, who calls himself thy friend! Success his labours shall attend, And safely guard his way. Thy walls, remote from hostile fear, Let me, blest seat, my name behold In thee for ever dwell: Let Charity my steps attend, My sole companion and my friend, And Faith and Hope farewell! MERRICK PSALM CXXV. THOSE who, with holy confidence, And as the mighty hills surround Far from that people shall he still That God, whose law is virtue's guide, MASON. (Altered from the Old Version.) PSALM CXXVI. THE whole of this Psalm is neat, perspicuous, and connected; and we may challenge criticism to rival its delicacy, or to parallel its elegance, from any repository of genius. PSALM CXXVII. MAN a new Babel does erect, In vain the watchman breaks his sleep. HURDIS. In vain we rise before the light," He sends his blessings from above, Sir J. DENHAM, PSALM CXXX.*. FROM depth of dole wherein my soul doth dwell, From heavy heart which harbours in my breast, From troubled sprite which seldom taketh rest, From hope of heaven, from dread of darksome hell, O gracious God, to thee I cry and yell: * George Gascoigne, a poet of some fame in the early part of the reign of Queen Elizabeth, was born at Walthamstow, in Essex, and educated at both Universities: after travelling he returned to Gray's Inn, of which he was a member, and My God, my Lord, my lovely Lord alone, To thee I call, to thee I make my moan; And thon, good God, vouchsafe in grace to take Wherein I faint, Oh hear me then for thy great mercy's sake! 2. Oh bend thine ears attentively to hear, My wailing voice, Which hath no choice But evermore upon thy name to call. wrote there his dramatic and other poems. The latter part of his life he spent at his native village of Walthamstow, where he died in 1578. He had the character of a polite gentleman, an eloquent and witty courtier; et vir inter pootas sui sæculi præstantissimus.-BERKENHOUT, Biographiq Literaria. |