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Earth, thou great footstool of our God Who reigns on high; thou fruitful source Of all our raiment, life, and food, Our house, our parent, and our nurse. Mighty stage of mortal scenes, Drest with strong and gay machines, Hung with golden lamps around, And flowery carpets spread the ground— Thou bulky globe, prodigious map, That hangs unpillared in an empty space, While thy unwieldly weight hangs in the feeble air, Bless that Almighty word that fix’d and holds thee there.
Earth, thou great footstool of our God Who reigns on high; thou fruitful source Of all our raiment, life, and food, Our house, our parent, and our nurse. Mighty stage of mortal scenes, Drest with strong and gay machines, Hung with golden lamps around, And flowery carpets spread the ground— Thou bulky globe, prodigious map, That hangs unpillared in an empty space, While thy unwieldly weight hangs in the feeble air, Bless that Almighty word that fix’d and holds thee there.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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Page 194 · printed citation: Watts · subject: EARTH
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