The UNIVERSE.
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Ocean, submissive, smooths her furrow'd Face,
And each subsiding Wave finds its appointed Place.
And each subsiding Wave finds its appointed Place.
By him the Seasons change, the Vapours rise,
The Dews descend, and Thunders rend the Skies:
He bids the Lightning give the fatal Stroke,
Burn up the Fields, or rive the knotty Oak,
With feather'd Snows he whitens all the Plains,
And sends the Frosts to bind the Floods in Chains.
By him the Groves renew their fallen Leaves:
By him the joyful Hind binds up the Golden Sheaves,
'Tis He with juicy Clusters loads the Vine,
And gives the Press to over-flow with Wine.
From him the Flow'rs receive their beauteous Dyes,
From him with various Odours fill the Skies:
He with vermilion Blushes paints the Rose,
He the Carnation's Elegance bestows,
Its glittering White to him the Lilly owes!
'Twas he first ting'd the Violet with Blue,
And all its Glories on the Tulip drew.
The Dews descend, and Thunders rend the Skies:
He bids the Lightning give the fatal Stroke,
Burn up the Fields, or rive the knotty Oak,
With feather'd Snows he whitens all the Plains,
And sends the Frosts to bind the Floods in Chains.
By him the Groves renew their fallen Leaves:
By him the joyful Hind binds up the Golden Sheaves,
'Tis He with juicy Clusters loads the Vine,
And gives the Press to over-flow with Wine.
From him the Flow'rs receive their beauteous Dyes,
From him with various Odours fill the Skies:
He with vermilion Blushes paints the Rose,
He the Carnation's Elegance bestows,
Its glittering White to him the Lilly owes!
'Twas he first ting'd the Violet with Blue,
And all its Glories on the Tulip drew.
Behold
