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ADDITIONAL POEMS.
ODE TO DR. WILLIAM SANCROFT,
LATE LORD ARCHBISHOP OF CANTERBURY[1].
WRITTEN MAY 1689, AT THE DESIRE OF THE LATE LORD BISHOP OF ELY.
I.
TRUTH is eternal, and the Son of Heav'n,
Bright effluence of th' immortal ray,
Chief cherub, and chief lamp of that high sacred Seven,
Which guard the throne by night, and are its light by day:
First of God's darling attributes,
Thou daily seest Him face to face,
Nor does thy essence fix'd depend on giddy circumstance
Of time or place,
Two foolish guides in ev'ry sublunary dance:
How shall we find Thee then in dark disputes?
- ↑ This Poem, with that addressed to Mr. Congreve, and the one on Sir William Temple's Illness and Recovery, were first published in 1789, from an authentick manuscript, fairly and correctly written out as if intended for the press, and from the dates, it is supposed that these were among the first, if not the earliest productions of his Muse.
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