On us the venerable Pastor turned
His beaming eye that had been raised[881] to Heaven,
"Once,[882] while the Name, Jehovah, was a sound
Within the circuit of this sea-girt isle
Unheard, the savage nations bowed the head[883]
To Gods delighting in remorseless deeds;
Gods which themselves had fashioned, to promote
Ill purposes, and flatter foul desires.
Then, in the bosom of yon mountain-cove,[LC]
To those inventions of corrupted man