The Complete Poetry of John Milton (3 page)

               
Let us with a gladsom mind

               
Praise the Lord, for he is kind.

            
      
       For his mercies ay endure,

            
      
       Ever faithfull, ever sure.

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Let us blaze his Name abroad,

               
For of gods he is the God.

    
             For,
.

               
O let us his praises tell,

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That doth the wrathfull tyrants quell.

    
             For,
.

               
That with his miracles doth make

               
Amazed Heav’n and Earth to shake.

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         For,
.

               
That by his wisdom did create

               
The painted Heav’ns so full of state.

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         For,
.

               
That did the solid Earth ordain

               
To rise above the watry plain.

    
             For,
.

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That by his all-commanding might

               
Did fill the new-made world with light.

    
             For,
c.

               
And caus’d the Golden-tressed Sun

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All the day long his cours to run.

    
             For,
.

               
The horned Moon to shine by night

               
Amongst her spangled sisters bright.

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         For,
.

               
He with his thunder-clasping hand

               
Smote the first-born of
Egypt
Land.

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         For,
.

               
And in despight of
Pharao
fell,

               
He brought from thence his
Israel.

    
             For,
.

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The ruddy waves he cleft in twain,

               
Of the
Erythræan
main.
²

    
             For,
.