142. L. M. Watts.

"Canst thou find out the Almighty?"

1Can creatures to perfection find

Th' eternal, uncreated Mind?

Or can the largest stretch of thought

Measure and search his nature out?

2God is a King of power unknown;

Firm are the orders of his throne;

If he resolve, who dare oppose,

Or ask him why or what he does?

3He frowns, and darkness veils the moon

The fainting sun grows dim at noon:

The pillars of heaven's starry roof

Tremble and start at his reproof.

4These are a portion of his ways:

But who shall dare describe his face?

Who can endure his light, or stand

To hear the thunders of his hand?