The Music, Or Melody and Rhythmus of the English Language

For in six days the Lord made heaven and earth,

The sea,

And all that in them is,

And rested the seventh-day:

Wherefore the Lord blessed the Sabbathday,
And hallowed it.

Honour thy father and thy mother;

That thy days may be long upon the land,
Which the Lord thy God giveth thee.

Thou shalt not kill.

Thou shalt not commit adultery.

Thou shalt not steal.

Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neigh

bour.

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Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's house,
Thou shalt not covet thy neighbour's wife,

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BLEST man! whose steady soul, to vice
No power can draw, no charms entice;

Who shuns the paths, where, on each hand,
Deluding pleasures tempting stand;

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And hates bold sinners, who blaspheme
The great Jehovah's awful name.
God's righteous law, and holy word
To him the sweetest joys afford
These still his sacred thirst allay,
And feed his ravish'd soul by day;
Revolving these, with new delight,
He charms the silent hours by night.
As trees that in rich meadows grow,
O'er neighbouring streams their branches throw,
For ever green; and all the year,
Loaden with smiling fruit appear:
So this man flourishes, nor casts
His fruit, nor fears untimely blasts;
While sinners, and their vain designs,
Are tost like chaff, the sport of winds.
When God, as righteous judge, shall come,
To pass on man the final doom,

They shall not stand before his face,
Nor find among the just a place :
The just, immortal joys attend,
In which the ways of virtue end,
While the smooth paths that sinners tread,
To certain death and ruin lead.