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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Hymn to the Deity.
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Hymn to the Deity.
“There is no sound or language where their voice is not heard.”
The heavenly spheres to Thee, O God! attune their evening hymn;
All-wise, All-holy, Thou art praised in song of seraphim;
Unnumbered systems, suns, and worlds unite to worship Thee,
While thy majestic greatness fills space—time—eternity!
All-wise, All-holy, Thou art praised in song of seraphim;
Unnumbered systems, suns, and worlds unite to worship Thee,
While thy majestic greatness fills space—time—eternity!
Nature—a temple worthy Thee, that beams with light and love,
Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below, whose stars rejoice above;
Whose altars are the mountain cliffs that rise along the shore,
Whose anthems, the sublime accord of storm and ocean roar:
Whose flowers so sweetly bloom below, whose stars rejoice above;
Whose altars are the mountain cliffs that rise along the shore,
Whose anthems, the sublime accord of storm and ocean roar:
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Her song of gratitude is sung by spring's awakening hours,
Her summer offers at Thy shrine its earliest, loveliest flowers;
Her autumn brings its ripen'd fruits, in glorious luxury given;
While winter's silver heights reflect Thy brightness back to heaven!
Her summer offers at Thy shrine its earliest, loveliest flowers;
Her autumn brings its ripen'd fruits, in glorious luxury given;
While winter's silver heights reflect Thy brightness back to heaven!
On all Thou smil'st—and what is man, before thy presence, God?
A breath but yesterday inspired,—to-morrow but a clod:
That clod shall moulder in the vale—till kindled, Lord, by Thee,
Its spirit to Thine arms shall spring—to life,—to liberty.
A breath but yesterday inspired,—to-morrow but a clod:
That clod shall moulder in the vale—till kindled, Lord, by Thee,
Its spirit to Thine arms shall spring—to life,—to liberty.
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