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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), October 1811, Edition 1 of 1, Page 609, Untitled Article

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      LINES COMPOSED ON AWAKING OlTT OF SLEEP AT H 1 DNIOHT , OCTOBER 9 , 1811 , AND SEEING THE COMET , Mysterious visitant ! in splendour Peering on high above the silvery orbs That glitter in night ' s ample firmament ,

      The rapt thought kindles at the sight of thee To admiration of thy Maker ! How . great thy mass of radiant matter J How swift thy course ^ erratic yet not wild I How y ^ st thy sweep , through heavVs broad arch , sublime A streajn of glory , how extends thy train ! How many , worlds thou passest in thy course ^

      lastrains that take the philosophic ear , Singing the praise of Him who stamp ed thy form , Pour'dia thy spacious urn a flood of light , And seai ttiee forth t' instruct the universe ! No terrors dost thou cast o ' er well-taught minds , Who kppw a . rid hail thee messenger drvine , Whether to feed heayVs ever-wasting lamp ,

      T * attract or scatter the electric fluid . T * increase the watry treasures , purge the air , Kindle new worlds , or quench the old ia night . Hail and farewell ! illustrious wooder ! When next tow ' rds eafth thou bend ' st thy mazy path , The ^ e ey ^ es will not , Wakeful as how , gaze on the ^ s j Another trace will welcome thy arrival . Be thotitb tKeiii tlie harbinger of good . And lift their ipind ^ to flights of knowledge , far Beyond their fathers * loftiest soarings ! Then may ' st thou see the white-robed Peace Wc 4 tribe to tribe , in bonds of amity ; Axii mark tK « cherub Faith benignant smile *

      Teaching the winged Charities , that wait Uptin Her course , in joyous ministry , To visit constant every tract of earth , Prompting hi g h thoughts of distant times and wo * ldt r Diffusing all the social sympathies , And harmonizing thus the mind of man To joinin : Ha tare ' s general chirae o £ prai » e .

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      W ^ xi ^ chan religion : Whence th ^ whi m t * Wie cause is clear - ' ' ( 9 religion neer chang d Him ., i : % . ,: } i c

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      Poetry . 609

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Oct. 2, 1811, page 609, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2421/page/33/