English poem
GOD's Covenant unchangeable, or The Rainbow round about the Throne. Rev. iv.-3. compared with Gen. ix…
by Philip Doddridge (1773–1832)
Supreme of Beings, with Delight Our Eyes survey this heav'nly Sight; And trace with Admiration sweet The beaming Splendors of thy Feet.
Jasper and Sapphire strive in vain To paint the Glories of thy Train; Thy Robes all stream eternal Light, Too pow'rful for a Cherub's Sight.
Yet round thy Throne the Rainbow shines, Fair Emblem of thy kind Designs: Bright Pledge, that speaks thy Cov'nant sure Long as thy Kingdom shall endure.
No more shall Deluges of Woe Thy new-created World o'erflow; Jesus, our Sun, his Beams displays, And glids the Clouds with beauteous Rays.
No Gems so bright, no Forms so fair; Mercy and Truth still triumph there: Thy Saints shall bless the peaceful Sign, When Stars and Suns forget to shine.
Ev'n here, while Storms and gloomy Shade, And Horrors all the Scene o'erspread, Faith views the Throne with piercing Eye, And boasts, the Rainbow still is nigh.
More by Philip Doddridge
- GOD's Complacency in his Thoughts of Peace towards his People. Jerem. xxix. 11
- GOD'S Complacency in the Prosperity of his Servants. Psalm xxxv. 27
- GOD's Condescension in becoming the Shepherd of Men. Ezek. xxxiv. 31
- GOD's Controversy by Fire. Amos iv. 11
- GOD's delivering Goodness acknowledged, and trusted. 2 Cor. i. 10
- GOD's Fidelity in moderating Temptations. 1 Cor. x. 13
- GOD's Fidelity to his Promises. Heb. x. -23
- GOD'S Government, Zion's Joy. Isaiah lii.-7