With half-clos'd eye a lion there g Sprang from rough ocean's womb. But where are now his eagle wings, From half the nations, till they own Quench'd is the golden statue's ray", Scattering wise heart and crafty hand, The fabrics of a child. Divided thence through every age g Daniel vii. 4. h Daniel ii. and iii. And hoarse and jarring all Mount up their heaven assailing cries To thy bright watchmen in the skies From Babel's shatter'd wall. Thrice only since, with blended might Thrice only might a Seraph's look Now the fierce Bear and Leopard keen Ambition's boldest dream and last That sounds the dirge of Rome. Heroes and Kings, obey the charm, Withdraw the proud high-reaching arm There is an oath on high, i Daniel vii. 5, 6. That ne'er on brow of mortal birth Shall blend again the crowns of earth, Her many voices mingling own He shall descend, who rules above, Nor let Ambition heartless mourn; Her high desires may breathe; O'ercome thyself, and thou may'st share The world's imperial wreath. k Zephaniah iii. 9. "Then will I turn to the people a pure language, that they may all call upon the name of the Lord, to serve him with one consent." 1 Revelations iii. 21. "To him that overcometh will I grant to sit with me in my throne." TUESDAY IN WHITSUN-WEEK. When He putteth forth His own sheep, He goeth before them. St. John x. 4. 66 (Addressed to Candidates for Ordination.) LORD, in thy field I work all day, "I journey, yet no step is won- "Like sailors shipwreck'd in their dreams, What? wearied out with half a life? Scar'd with this smooth unbloody strife? How could'st thou hang upon the cross, Or how the thorns and scourging brook, Yet ere thy craven spirit faints, Hear thine own King, the King of saints; He is th' eternal mirror bright, Where angels view the FATHER's light, Early to quit his home on earth, Alone with his true Father found Within the temple's solemn round :— Yet in meek duty to abide For many a year at Mary's side, Nor heed, though restless spirits ask, "What? hath the Christ forgot his task ?"— |