Summer: Friday Morning: To The Incomprehens (John Bowring Poems)
First, Mightiest Deity! Eternal Mind!Revealed—but hidden One!Thou in a vale of fadeless glory shrin'd,Yet to all seen and known!Holy Jehovah! ...
John Bowring Poems on Infinity (19 Poems)
Spring: Monday Evening (John Bowring Poems)
My eye look'd round upon the vast expanseOf glorious Nature—and my raptured vision,Revelling in the early day-beams' waken'd glance,Saw rocks, ...
Winter: Wednesday Evening (John Bowring Poems)
The hour of peace resumes againIts tranquil, silent, solemn reign;Sorrow a short cessation knowsOn the soft couch of calm repose,And ...
Summer: Sunday Morning (John Bowring Poems)
Thou art my glory—Thou my song, whose throneIs built upon the highest heavens—and thenceRollest the spheres by Thine omnipotence—Thou art ...
Spring: Monday Morning (John Bowring Poems)
Thou, Lord! art all in all—and man is nought:For tho' in privileged hours his soaring thoughtWould seem to catch a ...
Spring: Wednesday Morning (John Bowring Poems)
When Morn peeps o'er the mountain's height,And the last star has left the sky,And dews disperse at waking light,And Earth ...
Divine Influences (John Bowring Poems)
Thou, whose high praise in heaven and earth is sung,Each heart pervading, tuning every tongue;Thou, whom my soul devoutly would ...
Autumn: Monday Evening (John Bowring Poems)
O God! Thy kingdom is a mansion bright,Where peace and joy and truth and love and lightMingle harmoniously; while like ...
Winter: Saturday Morning (John Bowring Poems)
Another portion of life rolls on, The week glides calmly by;And down the swift stream of time we run, To the sea ...
Winter: Saturday Evening (John Bowring Poems)
Lord! to whose being ages are but moments,Fugitive moments! Thou, Eternal Father!Listen in mercy—for life's passing shadows Soon will be scatter'd.'Tis ...
Persecution (John Bowring Poems)
Let those who doubt the heavenly sourceOf revelation's page divine,Use as their weapons fraud and force—No such unhallow'd arms are ...
The Divine Apocalypse (John Bowring Poems)
In the apocalypse sublime The new created world shall seeEternity embracing time, Space swallowed in infinity;Each sun, each star, each heavenly orb,Shall ...
My Times are in Thy Hand (John Bowring Poems)
My times are in Thy hand, and Thou Wilt guide my footsteps at Thy will:Lord! to Thy purposes I bow, Do Thou ...
Dedicatory Hymn (John Bowring Poems)
Composed For The Opening of Chapel Lane ChapelBeyond the immeasurable space Where glimmers the remotest star;Beyond those cycles whence we trace, Though ...
Help sought from God (John Bowring Poems)
Let Thy gracious spirit reach us In this earthly solitude;What we know not do Thou teach us, Thou who art all-wise and ...
Hymn: The Minstrel Harp of Poetry (John Bowring Poems)
The minstrel harp of PoetryHas touched the sunbeam on the sea,And to the music of the spheresWe listen with enchanted ...
Agar’s Petition (John Bowring Poems)
If we may breathe a prayer to Thee, Our Father and our Friend,Let neither wealth nor poverty Our earthly steps attend.But Thou, ...
Unity of God (John Bowring Poems)
Thou art my God, and Thou alone,The sole, the undivided One!And never shall my prostrate kneeBend to another Deity.For Thou ...
Hymn: When before Thy throne we kneel (John Bowring Poems)
When before Thy throne we kneel, Filled with awe and holy fear,Teach us, O our God! to feel All Thy sacred presence ...