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HYMN TO THE DEITY.
My rapt soul views the morning gleam
With wonder and delight;
For in the radiant golden beam
My Maker greets my sight:
The vaulted sky,
And verdant plain,
The mountain high,
Or swelling main,
One Power Divine alike display:
Thus, Nature's God, and God is day.
With wonder and delight;
For in the radiant golden beam
My Maker greets my sight:
The vaulted sky,
And verdant plain,
The mountain high,
Or swelling main,
One Power Divine alike display:
Thus, Nature's God, and God is day.
I mark the beamy orb of fire
Through azure expanse roll;
My bosom glows with warm desire,
For God illumes my soul.
My voice I raise,
But faint each line,
Too weak to praise
My God divine.
Still with the sun will I proclaim
My rapt'rous praises of his name.
Through azure expanse roll;
My bosom glows with warm desire,
For God illumes my soul.
My voice I raise,
But faint each line,
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My God divine.
Still with the sun will I proclaim
My rapt'rous praises of his name.
The ruddy hue of silent eve
Still sways my pensive breast,
And whispers, In thy God believe,
The guardian of thy rest.
With thankful heart,
My joyful strain
Doth still impart
My praise again:
And while the breath of life be given,
My soul shall praise the God of Heaven.
Still sways my pensive breast,
And whispers, In thy God believe,
The guardian of thy rest.
With thankful heart,
My joyful strain
Doth still impart
My praise again:
And while the breath of life be given,
My soul shall praise the God of Heaven.
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