That glaffy flouds from rugged rocks can crush, And make foft rills from fiery flint-ftones gufh.

PSALM 136.

LET us with a gladfom mind

Praise the Lord, for he is kind:
For his mercies ay endure,
Ever faithful, ever sure.

Let us blaze his name abroad,
For of gods he is the God;
For his, etc.

O let us his praises tell,

Who doth the wrathful tyrants quell:
For his, etc.

Who with his miracles doth make
Amazed heav'n and earth to shake.

For his, etc.

Who by his wifdom did create
The painted heav'ns fo full of state.
For his, etc.

Who by his all-commanding might,
Did fill the new-made world with light.

For his, etc.

And caus'd the golden-treffed fun,
All the day long his course to run.

For his, etc.

The horned moon to fhine by night,
Amongst her fpangled fifters bright.
For his, etc.

He with his thunder-clasping hand, shaw na Ti
Smote the first-born of Egypt land.
For his, etc.

And in defpight of Pharoah fell,
He brought from thence his Ifrael.
For his, etc.

The ruddy waves he cleft in twain

Of the Erythraean main.

For his, etc..ans

The floods stood ftill like walls of glafs,
While the Hebrew bands did pafs.
For his, etc.

But full foon they did devour

The tawny king with all his power.

For his, etc.

His chofen people he did blefs
In the wafteful wilderness.

For his, etc.

In bloody battle he brought down
Kings of prowefs and renown.
For his, etc

He foil'd bold Sihon and his hoft,
That rul'd the Amorrean coast.

For his, etc.

And large-lim'd Og he did fubdue,

With all his over-hardy crew.
For his, etc.

And to his fervant Ifrael

He gave their land therein to dwell,
For his, etc.

He hath with a piteous eye
Beheld us in our misery.
For his, etc.

And freed us from the flavery

Of the invading enemy.
For his, etc.

All living creatures he doth feed,
And with full hand fupplies their need.
For his, etc.

Let us therefore warble forth

His mighty majefty and worth.
For his, etc.

That his manfion hath on high
Above the reach of mortal eye.
For his mercies ay endure,
Ever faithful, ever fure.

JOANNIS MILTONI

LONDINENSIS

POEMA TA,

Quorum pleraque intra Annum Etatis Vigefimum confcripfit.