GREAT GOD! at whose "creative word," Arising Nature owned her Lord; At whose behest, from gloomy night The earth arose in order bright! To whom the poet swells the song, And cherub's loftier notes belong: To Thee be glory, honour, praise; Great GO! who canst depress or raise. Say all ye learned, all ye wise, What towering pillars prop the skies ? What massy chain suspends the earth ? 'Tis His high power who gave it birth. 'Tis He who sends the grateful shower; 'Tis He who paints the glowing flower. Let the loud anthem raise the strains While echo murmurs it again. And ye who wander o'er the sheaf-crowned fields, Praise Him for all the plenty harvest yields; Let harp and voice their swelling notes combine, To praise all nature's GOD, the architect divine | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...JULY IN GEORGY by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON CHRISTMAS BELLS by HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW A MODEST WIT by SELLECK OSBORNE THE HAPPY WARRIOR by WILLIAM WORDSWORTH NO SONGS IN WINTER by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH ROBIN REDBREAST by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM |