"Lord, give them faith in thy salvation free!"

Three quarter-centuries of years my own

Will end their flight this day in winter's cold:

Praise to my God for joys and hopes not flown!

Hasten, O Lord, the year by thee foretold,

When thou wilt all the fallen nations raise,

And earth shall be one temple to thy praise!

72. DONATI'S COMET, 1858. [(notes)]