Poem by Alexander Montgomerie

Sonnet 2. Of the Works of God

High architectur, vondrous-vautit-rounds;
Huge host of hevin in restles-rolling spheers;
Firme-fixit polis whilk all the axtrie beirs;
Concordant-discords, suete harmonious sounds;

Boud Zodiak, circle-belting Phoebus bounds;
Celestiall signis, of moneths making yeers;
Bright Titan, to the tropiks that reteirs,
Quhais fyrie flammis all chaos face confounds;

Just balanced ball, amidst the hevins that hings;
All creaturs that Natur creat can,
To serve the vse of most vnthankfull man; —
Admire jour Maker, only King of Kings.

Prais him, O man! His mervels that remarks,
Quhais mercyis far exceids His wondrous warks.

1. The Cherrie and the Slae
2. Sonnet 30. Christen Lyndesay to Ro. Hudsone
3. Sonnet 18. To the Lords of the Session. I
4. Sonnet 61. Of the Duleweid. III
5. Sonnet 9. In Praise of M. J. M., Chanceller

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