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HYMN OF THE UNIVERSE.

Flat in thy diamond sparkling rays, Thou brightest emblem of their King

Roll, lovely Earth! and still roll on,

With ocean's azure beauty bound; While one sweet star, the pearly moon,

Pursues thee through the blue profound; And angels with delighted eyes

Behold thy tints of mount and stream, From the high walls of paradise, Swift- wheeling like a glorious dream.

Rell, Planets! on your dazzling road. For ever sweeping round the sun, What eye beheld when first ye glow'd! What eye shall see your courses done Roll in your solemn majesty,

Ye deathless splendours of the skies High altars, from which angels see The incense of creation rise.

Roll, Comets! and ye million stars!

Ye that through boundless nature roam; Ye monarchs on your flame- winged cars; Tell us in what more glorious dome­What orb to which your pomps are dim, What kingdom but by angels trod­Tell us, where swells the eternal hymn Around His throne- where dwells your God? The Britannia.