Low on the earth, dissolved in reverent fear,
They heard a voice, which none but they must hear;
The voice of God; no more in frowns express’d,
With lightnings written, or in thunder dress’d,
Such as at Sinai issued forth the Law,
And, with dread earthquakes, rock’d the plains below;
But all melodious, tranquil, and serene,
Which charm’d like music this delightful scene;
In words like these the will of God was given,
In attestation of the King of heaven: