I.
‘The Earth is the Lord's.’
I
Lord of the Lords of all the earth!
Lord of the souls of men!
From Thee all heavenly gifts have birth;
To Thee return again!
II
The lightnings flashed from off Thy throne
Fill Heaven and Earth with light;
And by that living flame alone
Men read the world aright.
III
On every crown and sceptre shed
Thy beams of glory shine;
And burn round every Father's head,
That rules by right Divine.
IV
The Priests by thee anointed, stand
Beside his altar, each;
And all the Wise, a Prophet-band,
What Thou hast taught them teach.
V
Thy voice, O Father, rolls around
The world for evermore;
The speech we know not but the sound
In silence we adore.
VI
The Heavens themselves repose thereon:
Thereon the Earth is stayed:
And seasons change, and rivers run
By Thee ordained and swayed.
