THE GOODNESS OF GOD. Eliza Day Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [232]-233. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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THE GOODNESS OF GOD . IMMENSE ! eternal , mighty Lord ! Dreadful thou wouldst appear ; Thy power with trembling awe ador'd , If justice were severe . But animated goodness beams On our transported view ; Mild justice fills our grateful themes With love and wonder too . Not that thro' ages still the same , Thy being takes its course ; Not that thy hand thro' nature's frame , Impels with equal force : Not that thro' worlds and boundless space , Is thine immense domain ; Not that thy knowledge all can trace , And wisdom all ordain : But that thy goodness shall endure , Long as thyself shalt last ; That with thy power it rests secure , Wide as thy reign is placed . Omniscient to discern the best , The fittest means to choose ; Of wisdom to contrive possest , And boundless good diffuse . With distant awe we view thy power ; Thy wisdom we admire ; But 'tis the goodness we adore , Must love and hope inspire !