PRAISE ye the Lord! on every height Songs to His glory raise! Ye angel-hosts, ye stars of night, Join in immortal praise! O heaven of heavens! let praise far-swelling From all thine orbs be sent! Join in the strain, ye waters, dwelling Above the firmament! For His the word which gave you birth, And majesty, and might: Praise to the Highest from the earth, And let the deeps unite! O fire and vapour, hail and snow, Ye servants of His will; O stormy winds, that only blow His mandates to fulfil; Mountains and rocks, to heaven that rise Fair cedars of the wood; Creatures of life, that wing the skies, Or track the plains for food; Judges of nations! kings, whose hand Waves the proud sceptre high! O youths and virgins of the land; O age and infancy; Praise ye His name, to whom alone All homage should be given; Whose glory from the eternal throne Spreads wide o'er earth and heaven! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE MOUNTAIN WHIPPOORWILL (A GEORGIA ROMANCE) by STEPHEN VINCENT BENET RESURRECTION UPDATE by JAMES GALVIN PRIDE by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SANTA FE SKETCHES by CARL SANDBURG A TRAGIC STORY by ADELBERT VON CHAMISSO |