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Child of the earth! oh, lift thy glance To yon bright firmament’s expanse; The glories of its realm explore, And gaze, and wonder, and adore! Doth it not speak to every sense, The marvels of Omnipotence? Seest thou not there the Almighty name Inscribed in characters of flame? Count o’er those lamps of quenchless light, That sparkle through the shades of night; Behold them!—can a mortal boast To number that celestial host? Mark well each little star, whose rays In distant splendour meet thy gaze: Each is a world by Him sustain’d Who from eternity hath reign’d. Each, kindled not for earth alone, Hath circling planets of its own, And beings whose existence springs From Him, the all-powerful King of Kings.
Child of the earth! oh, lift thy glance To yon bright firmament’s expanse; The glories of its realm explore, And gaze, and wonder, and adore! Doth it not speak to every sense, The marvels of Omnipotence? Seest thou not there the Almighty name Inscribed in characters of flame? Count o’er those lamps of quenchless light, That sparkle through the shades of night; Behold them!—can a mortal boast To number that celestial host? Mark well each little star, whose rays In distant splendour meet thy gaze: Each is a world by Him sustain’d Who from eternity hath reign’d. Each, kindled not for earth alone, Hath circling planets of its own, And beings whose existence springs From Him, the all-powerful King of Kings.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Mrs. Hemans (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 568 · printed citation: Mrs. Hemans · subject: STARS
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