CCCLV. GOD's Covenant unchangeable, or The Rainbow round about the Throne.

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.