A memorial volume of sacred poetry by the late Sir John Bowring. To which is prefixed, a memoir of the author, by Lady Bowring |
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Unity of God.
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Unity of God.
Thou art my God, and Thou alone,
The sole, the undivided One!
And never shall my prostrate knee
Bend to another Deity.
The sole, the undivided One!
And never shall my prostrate knee
Bend to another Deity.
For Thou art One—Thou wilt divide
Thy glory, Lord! with none beside;
And when I worship at Thy shrine,
No name I'll utter, God! but Thine.
Thy glory, Lord! with none beside;
And when I worship at Thy shrine,
No name I'll utter, God! but Thine.
Shine forth in all Thy majesty—
Let the earth honour none but Thee;
To Thee alone let mortals bow,
All incommunicable Thou!
Let the earth honour none but Thee;
To Thee alone let mortals bow,
All incommunicable Thou!
Causer of causes! Light of light!
Ineffable and infinite!
What words can grasp Thy boundless name?
One—matchless—viewless—still the same.
Ineffable and infinite!
What words can grasp Thy boundless name?
One—matchless—viewless—still the same.
| A memorial volume of sacred poetry | |