The Reliquary By Bernard and Lucy Barton. With A Prefatory Appeal for Poetry and Poets |
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ON THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE. |
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ON THE DIVINE OMNIPRESENCE.
Oh! look up to the soft blue sky,
Arching above thee bright and fair;
Cold is the heart and dull the eye
Which feels not, sees not God is there!
Arching above thee bright and fair;
Cold is the heart and dull the eye
Which feels not, sees not God is there!
Look round thee on this spacious earth,
With every varied beauty rife,
Starts not an instant thought to birth
Of Him whose presence gives it life?
With every varied beauty rife,
Starts not an instant thought to birth
Of Him whose presence gives it life?
Survey the billowy, boundless deep,
Is there no voice salutes thine ear,
Whispering, when tempests o'er it sweep;
In still, small accents, God is here?
Is there no voice salutes thine ear,
Whispering, when tempests o'er it sweep;
In still, small accents, God is here?
Glance upward in night's silent hour,
To countless orbs in glory bright,
These speak, unheard, their Maker's power,
Whose presence is their source of light.
To countless orbs in glory bright,
These speak, unheard, their Maker's power,
Whose presence is their source of light.
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Hark to the winds which come and go
O'er sea's unfathom'd wastes untrod;
Are they not heralds, to and fro,
Of him the Omnipresent God?
O'er sea's unfathom'd wastes untrod;
Are they not heralds, to and fro,
Of him the Omnipresent God?
All forms of sentient being trace,
Proclaim they not His power and love?
Vocal in harmony or grace,
To Him in whom they live and move!
Proclaim they not His power and love?
Vocal in harmony or grace,
To Him in whom they live and move!
Last, but not least, O turn within!
With humble hope and holy prayer;
For in each heart redeem'd from sin,
The eternal God is present there!
With humble hope and holy prayer;
For in each heart redeem'd from sin,
The eternal God is present there!
How can it be a trustless dream,
When through His Son, on Him we call?
Since He, the Omnipotent Supreme,
Is everywhere, and all in all!
When through His Son, on Him we call?
Since He, the Omnipotent Supreme,
Is everywhere, and all in all!
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