The Deluge, the General Resurrection; And Other Poems, Historical, Descriptive, &C (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1838. Excerpt: ... THE GENERAL RESURRECTION. How lovely doth the universe appear And how refulgent shine those glorious orbs That round the sun their evolutions make As well as yon innumerable host, That fill the wider range of boundless space This fruitful earth, with beauties bright adorn'd, Still in unfading freshness smiles and blooms, And rich abundance to her offspring yields. Successive seasons bring to man supplies For ev'ry want his nature hath--and mark.' Busied in varied scenes of life, he fears No dissolution of this pond'rous globe, But carelessly beholds its charms--its fruits--And from their fulness sates his own desires. He recks not, that the hour is nigh, wherein Shall be fulfill'd those words prophetic which The Saviour spoke when even heav'n itself Shall pass away, and as a vest be chang'd That earth amid her own luxuriance too Shall be consumed--yea, utterly consumed That sun, and moon, and stars, shall fade or fall: Yes such destruction shall there be--that none Who see that day shall gaze unchill'd--unchain'd With fear and awe upon the utter ruin That will encompass the abodes of men. Those bright immeasurably distant spheres, That perhaps to other systems are as suns, May view this world from its existence hurl?d, And still in harmony unceasing shine. II. How will amazement seize each soul --and fear, And horror, ev'ry guilty bosom tear --When they behold the Heavens all opening wide The great Archangel with a shout descend-- The God who bare our sins as Judge of all Attended with a gorgeous throng of saints, f Who now of his magnificent approach The grandeur swell, and fill the air with sounds 1 Thess. ir. 16. f St. Jude, Terse 14. Of triumph, that the time is come, when He With them shall judge in righteousness the world Who by His death...