The All-seeing Eye, No. II.

The All-seeing Eye, No. II. [No. 62]

His Laws pervade all Space; if we rebel,
Then happiness is ours; if we rebel,
We bear, in our own Souls, a burning Hell
Of Misery to scorch us: we must Pay
The utmost Penalty. He strikes in Love; 5
For Anger is unknown to the Most High:
Unchangeable his Laws; in vain we cry
To be exempted. We have but to prove
Ourselves fit for His Mercies to receive.
That Ever-Watchful Eye, high over all, 10
See Thoughts as well as Actions. If we fall
From Righteousness, then wantonly we leave
The flowery Paths of truest Happiness:
For Vice will Curse, and Virtue ever Bless.

by George Markham Tweddell 1st published c 1887