In midst of dangers, fears and death, Thy goodness we adore; We praise Thee for Thy mercies past, And humbly hope for more

Our life, while Thou preservest life, A sacrifice shall be; And death, when death shall be our lot, Shall join our souls to Thee.

Hymn

The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heavens, a shining frame, Their great Original proclaim. Th' unwearied Sun from day to day Does his Creator's power display; And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; And nightly to the listening Earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all Move round the dark terrestrial ball; What though nor real voice nor sound Amidst their radiant orbs be found? In Reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice; For ever singing as they shine, 'The Hand that made us is divine.'

Immortality

O Liberty! thou goddess, heavenly bright, profuse of bliss and pregnant with delight, Eternal pleasures in thy presence reign, And smiling Plenty leads thy smiling train. Eased of her load Subjection grows more light, And Poverty looks cheerful in thy sight. Giv'st beauty to the sun and pleasures to the day. thee, goddess, thee, Britannia's isle adores! How oft has she exhausted all her stores! How oft on fields of death thy presence sought, Nor thinks the mighty prize too dearly bought! On foreign mountains may the sun refine the grape's soft juice and mellow it in wine. With citron groves adorn a distant soil. And the fat olives swell with floods of oil. We envy not the warmer clime, that lies in ten degrees of more indulgent skies; Nor at the coarseness of our heaven repine, Though o'er our heads the frozen Pleiads shine. 'Tis Liberty that crowns Britannia's isle, And makes her barren rocks and her bleak mountains shine

Ode

The spacious firmament on high, With all the blue ethereal sky, And spangled heav'ns, a shining frame, Their great original proclaim: Th' unwearied Sun, from day to day, Does his Creator's power display, And publishes to every land The work of an Almighty Hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail, The Moon takes up the wondrous tale, And nightly to the list'ning Earth Repeats the story of her birth: Whilst all the stars that round her burn, And all the planets, in their turn, Confirm the tidings as they roll, And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though, in solemn silence, all Move round the dark terrestrial ball? What though nor real voice nor sound Amid their radiant orbs be found? In Reason's ear they all rejoice, And utter forth a glorious voice, For ever singing, as they shine, 'The Hand that made us is Divine.'

On The Lady Manchester

While haughty Gallia's dames, that pread O'er their pale cheeks, an artful red, Beheld this beauteous stranger there In native charms, divinely fair; Confusion in their looks they show'd; And with unborrow'd blushes glow'd.