In making bodies Love could not e… Itself, or art, unless it made the… O what a monster had in man been s… Had every thumb or toe a mountain… What worlds must he devour when he…

To see us but receive, is such a s… As makes His treasures infinite! Because His goodness doth possess In us, His own, and our own bless… Yea, more, His love doth take del…

One star Is better far Than many precious stones; One sun, which is by its own luste… Is worth ten thousand golden thron…

In Salem dwelt a glorious King, Raised from a shepherd’s lowly sta… That did His praises like an ange… Who did the World create. By many great and bloody wars

From A Serious and Pathetical Contemplation of the Mercies of God O Lord, the children of my people are Thy peculiar treasures, So much my treasure that all other wealth is without them...

How like an angel came I down! How bright are all things here! When first among his works I did… O how their glory me did crown! The world resembled his eternity,

His Power bounded, greater is in… Than if let loose, ’twere wholly i… He could have made an endless sea… But then it had not been a sea of… Did waters from the centre to the…

Give but to things their true este… And those which now so vile and wo… Will so much fill and please the m… That we shall there the only riche… How wise was I

Much more for the regent life, And power of perception, Which rules within. That secret depth of fathomless co… That receives the information

To walk abroad is, not with eyes, But thoughts, the fields to see an… Else may the silent feet, Like logs of wood, Move up and down, and see no good

……. An unperceived donor gave all plea… There nothing was but I, and all… In that fair world, One only was… One golden stream, one spring, one…

Sin! O only fatal woe, That mak’st me sad and mourning go… That all my joys dost spoil, His Kingdom and my Soul defile!

O Nectar! O delicious stream! O ravishing and only pleasure! Wh… Shall such another theme Inspire my tongue with joys or ple… Abridgement of delights!

For giving me desire, An eager thirst, a burning ardent… A virgin infant flame, A love with which into the world… An inward hidden heavenly love,

A life of Sabbaths here beneath! Continual jubilees and joys! The days of Heaven, while we brea… On Earth! where Sin all Bliss de… This is a triumph of delights