 | Collected poems of Samuel Davies : 1723-1761 |  |
[No. V. Oh! be Thy glorious Name exalted high]
Oh! be Thy glorious Name exalted high,
Thro' all the Spaces of Immensity.
Let the wide World, let Heav'n and Earth and Hell,
In various Ways, Thy wond'rous Glory tell,
And thy unbounded Excellence reveal.
O! raise me to the blissful Realms on high,
Not to be glorify'd, but glorify;
Not to be honour'd, but to honour Thee,
Not there to reign, but bow th' adoring Knee.
Give me a Crown, to cast before Thy Feet,
Raise me, to bow the lower at Thy Seat.
Exalt and dignify a groveling Worm,
An humbler Adoration to perform;
For while my Situation is so low,
I cannot with profound Prostration bow.
Thro' all the Spaces of Immensity.
Let the wide World, let Heav'n and Earth and Hell,
In various Ways, Thy wond'rous Glory tell,
And thy unbounded Excellence reveal.
O! raise me to the blissful Realms on high,
Not to be glorify'd, but glorify;
Not to be honour'd, but to honour Thee,
Not there to reign, but bow th' adoring Knee.
Give me a Crown, to cast before Thy Feet,
Raise me, to bow the lower at Thy Seat.
Exalt and dignify a groveling Worm,
An humbler Adoration to perform;
For while my Situation is so low,
I cannot with profound Prostration bow.
| Collected poems of Samuel Davies : 1723-1761 | |