Let praise to Thee, all sov’reign Pow’r, arise,
Who fix’d the mountains, and who form’d the skies!
Who o’er thy works extend’st a Father’s care;
Whose kind protection all thy works declare.
From the glad climes, where morn, in radiance drest,
Starts forth refulgent – to the furthest west,
On Thee alone the Whole dependant lies,
And thy rich boon all nature’s want supplies.
Hail! Thou great Author of the extended Whole!
Revolving seasons bless thee as they roll:
The rising sun points out thy pathless way,
And smiling moons thy midnight paths betray;
The spangling stars in heaven’s ethereal frame,
Shine to thy praise, and sparkle into flame!
By Thee, Spring, Summer, Autumn, Winter, rise;
Thou giv’st the smiling, Thou the frowning skies:
At thy command the soft’ning showers distill,
Till genial rays the teeming furrows fill;
Thy fostering suns o’er all the globe extend,
And blest by Thee, the verdant spires ascend!
See next the product of returning spring:
With joy the woods, with joy the vallies ring!
Alternate each resound his praise aloud;
And dumb creation shouts the incumbent God!
Thy parent bounty swells the golden ear,
And bids the harvest crown the fruitful year:
The fruitful year repairs the labourer’s pain,
The peasant’s comfort, and the master’s gain.
The winter hoard supplies the winnowing floor,
The beast with fodder, and with bread the poor.
Each from thy hand his destin’d boon receives,
Feeds at thy board, and on thy bounty lives!
Thus all thy works conspicuous worship raise,
And Nature’s Whole proclaims her Maker’s praise:
Tells out his acts, and spreads his fame abroad –
Creation’s Fountain! and the creatures God!
(E P)
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