But shone superior in degree,
That Morning Star so bright,
Which rising on our darken’d world,
Dispell’d the gloom of night.
Transcendently illustrious,
Appear his rays divine;
The mist of error to disperse,
And make each virtue shine.
Hard sayings to elucidate,
Each myst’ry to unfold,
Which handed down, from age to age,
By prophets were foretold.
Till then the mind of man was held,
In ignorance obscure,
With superstitious rites profan’d,
His intellectual power.
Idolatrous impiety,
Completely envelop’d;
Freed from its baneful influence,
He scarcely could have hop’d.
Until that beauteous Star arose,
The Gentiles to enlight,
And of his people Israel,
The glory, strength, and might.
To whom ever be ascrib’d,
All praise in earth and heaven,
But whose exalted name is far.
Above all blessing given.
(Margaretta Wedderburn)
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