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The UNIVERSE.
From Things inanimate withdraw thine Eyes,
For, wide around Thee, living Wonders rise:
The various Kinds which cut the briny Main,
The Forests range, or grase upon the Plain,
The feather'd Tribes which fly from Land to Land,
And Insects, num'rous, as the Grains of Sand.
For, wide around Thee, living Wonders rise:
The various Kinds which cut the briny Main,
The Forests range, or grase upon the Plain,
The feather'd Tribes which fly from Land to Land,
And Insects, num'rous, as the Grains of Sand.
All these declare from whence their Being came,
Their Maker's Goodness and his Pow'r proclaim,
And call Thee forth, with them, to praise his Name.
For ev'ry Creature does his Bounty share,
Though Man pretends that He has all his Care.
Their Maker's Goodness and his Pow'r proclaim,
And call Thee forth, with them, to praise his Name.
For ev'ry Creature does his Bounty share,
Though Man pretends that He has all his Care.
God gives the Strength whereby the Lion reigns,
And drives the Torrent boiling through his Veins.
When with his Roar the Desart echoes round,
And trembling Beasts affrighted hear the Sound,
He gives the Voice:———his raging Thirst supplies,
And with sufficient Food his Hunger satisfies.
And drives the Torrent boiling through his Veins.
When with his Roar the Desart echoes round,
And trembling Beasts affrighted hear the Sound,
He gives the Voice:———his raging Thirst supplies,
And with sufficient Food his Hunger satisfies.
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