The Sun-Dial of Armoy A Poem, In Latin and English. By Richard, Lord Bishop of Down and Connor, and Dromore [i.e. Richard Mant] |
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PREAMBLE.
There are two Books of God, the one hard by,Of little space, and writ with ink and pen;
The other, writ by finger not of men,
Spreads o'er the volume of the expanded sky.
In various guise; the theme of each the same,
God's glory, here below, and there on high,
Which day to day, and night to night proclaim,
And with harmonious speech his words reply.
Blest! who, whate'er his transient earthly views,
In joy or woe, in trouble or in weal,
Can from perplexing thoughts his spirit steal,
Can on the records of that glory muse,
And in His Word, and in His works abroad,
Acknowledge and adore the present God!
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