 | The Poems of St. George Tucker of Williamsburg, Virginia 1752-1827 |  |
Hymn to the Creator
O God! whose word spake into birth,
Whate'er existence boasts;
The moon, the stars, the sun, the earth,
The heavens, and all their hosts.
Whate'er existence boasts;
The moon, the stars, the sun, the earth,
The heavens, and all their hosts.
From world to world from sun to sun,
I turn my wondering eyes;
Their swiftest glance thy works outrun:
New suns and worlds arise!
I turn my wondering eyes;
Their swiftest glance thy works outrun:
New suns and worlds arise!
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Thy wonders still my soul pursues
Through each remoter world,
Till sight and thought their aid refuse,
To utter darkness hurled:
Through each remoter world,
Till sight and thought their aid refuse,
To utter darkness hurled:
There lost—through endless time and space
I seek thy light divine:
O grant me Lord! to see Thy face,
But—let Thy mercy shine.
I seek thy light divine:
O grant me Lord! to see Thy face,
But—let Thy mercy shine.
Jan. 13, 1790
| The Poems of St. George Tucker of Williamsburg, Virginia 1752-1827 | |