ALL that we see, about, abroad,
What is it all, but nature’s God?
In meaner works discovered here
No less than in the starry sphere.
In seas, on earth, this God is seen;
All that exist, upon Him lean;
He lives in all, and never strayed
A moment from the works He made:
His system fixed on general laws
Bespeaks a wise creating cause;
Impartially He rules mankind
And all that on this globe we find.
Unchanged in all that seems to change,
Unbounded space is His great range;
To one vast purpose always true,
No time, with Him, is old or new.
In all the attributes divine
Unlimited perfectings shine;
In these enwrapt, in these complete,
All virtues in that centre meet.
This power doth all powers transcend,
To all intelligence a friend,
Exists, the greatest and the best
Throughout all the worlds, to make them blest.
All that He did He first approved,
He all things into being loved;
O’er all He made He still presides,
For them in life, or death provides.
(Philip Freneau)
More Poetry from Philip Freneau:
Philip Freneau Poems based on Topics: Space, Life, Time, Wisdom & Knowledge, Friendship, God, Work & Career, Change- On the Ruins of a Country Inn (Philip Freneau Poem)
- To Mr. Blanchard, the Celebrated Aeronaut in America (Philip Freneau Poem)
- Song of Thyrsis (Philip Freneau Poem)
- To A New England Poet (Philip Freneau Poem)
- The Vernal Age (Philip Freneau Poem)
- The Republican Genius of Europe (Philip Freneau Poem)
Readers Who Like This Poem Also Like:
Based on Topics: God Poems, Life Poems, Time Poems, Friendship Poems, Wisdom & Knowledge Poems, Work & Career Poems, Change Poems, Space PoemsBased on Keywords: throughout, centre, rules, greatest, globe, exist, purpose, laws, system, discovered, exists
- One Day And Another: A Lyrical Eclogue - Part I (Madison Julius Cawein Poems)
- Parisina (Lord George Gordon Byron Poems)
- The Golden Legend: VI. The School Of Salerno (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Poems)
- Of The Nature Of Things: Book II - Part 03 - Atomic Forms And Their Combinations (Lucretius Poems)
- The School Of The Heart. Lesson The Second. (Henry Alford Poems)