Poetical remains, social, sacred, and miscellaneous of the late Edward Atkyns Bray Volume 2 - Softcover

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. 1859 Excerpt: ...blow, From a loathed rival that himself might free; And hold God's people in captivity. The sceptre, pointed by his sovereign hand, Showed that her suit had won his stern command: The gallows raised for Mordecai on high, By Haman, justly there must Haman die. Nay, all must die, all fall into the grave; Yet God, for aye, can doom to death, or save. TO MISS CAROLINE B, ON HER " LEGENDARY TALES." The legends of pretended saints, The hand of superstition paints: In spite of rich illumination, Worst of mad fiction's wild creation. Tho' folly trusts they'll all deceive, These none but bigots can believe. Be mine the legendary lore, Treasured 'mid Nature's artless store; And where so well she played her part, As pleased the mind and won the heart. Tho' facts distorted meet our view, Our feelings fain would have them true. What hand would tear from history's page The legends of a former age? For what but tales of those whose fame Rests, if on this, but on a name, Bid us to sympathise with Lear, Or for Cordelia shed a tear? Oh! tell me, (for to thee 'tis known) Why giants thus were turned to stone; Of these may Dawlish proudly boast, Whose frowns or warnings guard her coast. The chains that bound my eyes with wonder I know thou wouldst not rend asunder: Wave then thy rod with magic hand, And still I'll dwell in fairy land. Dawlish, July 26th, 1851. CREATION. No sooner spake the voice, "Let there be light!" Than ceased the reign of chaos and of night: Nay, had it uttered but a single word, At once creation had the fiat heard; Instant the sun, the moon, the stars, the earth, Had sprung to full perfection at their birth. But God would work on earth as well as Heaven, And teach weak man the mystic power of seven. 'Twas thus He wrought--that we His po...