LETTER IV. 95 



5 I have fo great a veneration for Mihon's 

 Paradije Lojiy that I then got by heart Adam and 

 Eve'^ Morning Oraifon before they fet out for 

 work, and accuftomed myfelf to repeat it with 

 the higheft rapture every Morning as a conclu- 

 fion to my private Devotion. Book 5. line 152. 

 I'hefe are thy glorious Works, Pare?it of good ^ 

 Almighty, thine this iiniverfal Frame, 

 'Thus wondrous fair ; thyfelfhow wondrous then ! 

 XJnfpeakable , who fit f ft above thefe Heavens 

 To us invifible, or diffily Jeen 

 In thefe thy loweft Works, yet thefe declare 

 Thy goodnefs heyoitd thought, and power divine. 

 Speak ye, who beft can tell, ye Sons of Light, 

 Angels, for ye behold him, and with So?2gs 

 And choral Symphonies, day without night. 

 Circle his Throne rejoycing. Ye in Heaven, 

 On Earth joy n all ye Creatures to extol 

 Himfirft, Him lafl. Him midft, and without end. 

 Fair eft offtars, laft in the train of Night, 

 If better thou belong not to the dawn. 

 Sure Pledge of Day that crownft thefmiling Morn 

 With thy bright circlet, praife him in thy fphere 

 While day arifes, that fweet hour of prime. 

 Thou Sun, of this great World both eye and foul ^ 

 Acknowledge him thy Creator, found his praife 

 In thy eternal courfe, both when thou climbft. 

 And when high Noon haft gain d, and when thou 



fallft. 



Moon^ 



