quote · Legacy record
On earth there’s not a creature Too small, dear God, for Thee: Thou gav’st them form and feature, And Thine they aye must be. For Thee the bird sings, For Thee the fish springs, For Thee the bee hums, The gold-beetle drums, The little mouse pipes clear and fine;— We all are Thine, dear Lord; but Thine!
On earth there’s not a creature Too small, dear God, for Thee: Thou gav’st them form and feature, And Thine they aye must be. For Thee the bird sings, For Thee the fish springs, For Thee the bee hums, The gold-beetle drums, The little mouse pipes clear and fine;— We all are Thine, dear Lord; but Thine!
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Author or tradition
- Clemens Brentano (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 253 · printed citation: Clemens Brentano · subject: GOD
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