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7.	Ye floods and ocean billows! Ye ſtorms and winter ſnow! Ye days of cloudleſs beauty! Hoar froſt and ſummer glow! Ye groves that wave in ſpring, And glorious foreſts, ſing	Alleluia.
8.	Firſt let the birds, with painted plumage gay, Exalt their great Creator's praiſe, and ſay	Alleluia.
9.	Then let the beaſts of earth, with varying ſtrain, Join in Creation's Hymn, and cry again	Alleluia.
10.	Here let the mountains thunder forth, ſonorous,	Alleluia.
11.	There, let the valleys ſing in gentler chorus,	Alleluia.
12.	Thou jubilant abyſs of ocean, cry	Alleluia.
13.	Ye traces of earth and continents, reply	Alleluia.
14.	To God, who all Creation made,
15.	The frequent hymn be duly paid:	Alleluia.
16.	This is the ſtrain, the eternal ſtrain, the Lord of all things loves :	Alleluia.