Let us, therefore, warble forth
His mighty majesty and worth;

For his mercies aye endure,

Ever faithful, ever sure.

VIII.

BLESSED be thy name for ever,

Thou of life the Guard and Giver!
Thou canst guard thy creatures sleeping,
Heal the heart long broke with weèping:
God of stillness and of motion,

Of the desert and the ocean,

Of the mountain, rock, and river,
Blessed be thy name for ever!

Thou who slumberest not nor sleepest,
Blest are they thou kindly keepest.
God of evening's parting ray,

Of midnight gloom, and dawning day,
That rises from the azure sea

Like breathings of eternity;

God of life! that fade shall never,
Blessed be thy name for ever!

THE spacious firmament on high,
With all the blue ethereal sky,

And spangled heavens, a shining frame,

Their great original proclaim.

The unwearied sun, from day to day,
Doth his Creator's power display;

And publishes to every land

The work of an almighty hand.

Soon as the evening shades prevail,

The moon takes up the wondrous tale,
And nightly to the listening earth

Repeats the story of her birth;

Whilst all the stars which round her burn,

And all the planets in their turn,

Confirm the tidings as they roll,

And spread the truth from pole to pole.

What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball;
What though nor real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found;
In reason's ear they all rejoice,
And utter forth a glorious voice;
For ever singing as they shine,

"The hand that made us is divine!"

WONDROUS truths, and manifold as wondrous, God hath written in the stars above;

But not less in the bright flowerets under us Stands the revelation of his love.

Bright and glorious is that revelation Written all over this great world of ours; Making evident our own creation

In these stars of earth, these golden flowers.

Every where about us are they glowing :

Some, like stars, to tell us Spring is born; Others, their blue eyes with tears o'erflowing, Stand like Ruth amid the golden corn.

And with childlike, credulous affection,
We behold their tender buds expand;
Emblems of our own great resurrection,
Emblems of the bright and better land!

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THERE'S life abroad;-from each green tree

A busy murmur swells;

The bee is up at early dawn

Stirring the cowslip-bells.

There's motion in the lightest leaf
That trembles on the stream;
The insect scarce an instant rests,
Light dancing in the beam.

There's life abroad; -the silvery threads
That float about in air,

Where'er their wanton flight they take,

Proclaim that life is there.

And bubbles on the quiet lake,

And yonder music sweet,

And stirrings in the rustling leaves,
The self-same tale repeat.

All speak of life; and louder still
The spirit speaks within,
O'erpowering, with its strong, deep voice,

The world's incessant din:

There's life without; and, better far,

Within there's life and power,

And liberty of heart and mind
To love, believe, adore.

GREATEST of beings, Source of life,
Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea!
All nature feels thy power, and all
A silent homage pay to thee.

But man was formed to rise to heaven,
And blessed with reason's clearer light,
He views his Maker through his works,

And glows with rapture at the sight.

Nor can the thousand songs that rise,
Whether from air, or earth, or sea,
So well repeat Jehovah's praise,
Or raise such sacred harmony.

Greatest of beings, Source of life,
Sovereign of air, and earth, and sea
All nature feels thy power, but man
A grateful tribute pays to thee.