098) The Second Part;

The Second Part;

8 Thou, Lord, dost barb’rous lands dismay, when they thy dreadful tokens view, With joy they see the night and day each other’s track by turns pursue.

9 From out thy unexhausted store thy rain relieves the thirsty ground;

Makes lands, that barren were before, with corn and useful fruits abound.

10 On rising ridges down It pours, and ev’ry furrowed valley fills;

Thou mak’st them soft with gentle show’rs, in which a blest increase distils.

11 Thy goodness does the circling year with fresh returns of plenty crown;

And, where thy glorious paths appear, thy fruitful clouds drop fatness down.

12 They drop on barren forests, changed by them to pastures fresh and green; The hills about in order.ranged in beauteous robes of joy are seen.

13 Large flocks with fleecy wool adorn the cheerful downs; the valleys bring A plenteous crop of full-eared corn, and seem for joy to shout and sing.

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