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The Messiad; Or, the Life; Death, Resurrection and Exaltation of the Messiah [a Poem].
The Messiad Or the Life Death Resurrection and Exaltation of the Messiah - a Poem Author:Simon Gray, Simon Gray General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1842 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million book... more »s for free. Excerpt: THE MESSIAD. BOOK I. Of Earth's blest Saviour, Him, who, on the cross Of Calvary, gave his life for man, I sing. Hear me, celestial Father. Though Thou sitt'st, Above all worlds, on th' uncreated throne, Hid in eternal light, Thou hast proclaim'd, 5 Thou wilt not turn away from him who bends To Thee, nor spurn his prayer. O spurn not mine; But cleanse me from each mental taint terrene: That taint, which clings to all the sons of men, Ev'n to the good, as travellers through a state 10 Not final, not the best; completely pure Not long at first, and by corruption grown Impure throughout and evil. Both from this, Common to me with all, and, too, from what Is more my own, the mental taint produced 15 Ev'n by the place, in which thy Providence, That feeds a thousand worlds, and for each man, The meanest, cares, hath pitch'd my earthly tent. From all impureness cleanse my mind: nor let Aught ill or mean debase a song that dares 20 To take for theme the plan of grace divine. True inspiration is from Thee. O warm My breast with heavenly fire, and ope my mouth To strains, which shall not shame the name I sing, As Thou did'st ope Isaiah's, when to him, 25 Teaching the glory of the promis'd reign, Jeshurun listen'd in high ravishment, And wish'd to see the glory, which he saw In vision, set before him by Thy power; The moral brightness to illumine man 30 On Thy Messiah's day : day then to come, Now come, and whose all-cheering sun, for theme My youthful Muse, inflamed with grateful love, Hath dared to choose, and, through Thy grace, would sing Among the nations ...« less