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Thou that created’st all! Thou fountain Of our sun’s light—who dwellest far From man, beyond the farthest star, Yet, ever present; who dost heed Our spirits in their human need; We bless thee, Father, that we are! We bless thee for our inward life; For its immortal date decreeing; For that which comprehendeth thee, A spark of thy divinity, Which is the being of our being! We bless thee for this bounteous earth; For its increase—for corn and wine; For forest-oaks, for mountain-rills; For cattle “on a thousand hills;” We bless thee—for all good is thine!
Thou that created’st all! Thou fountain Of our sun’s light—who dwellest far From man, beyond the farthest star, Yet, ever present; who dost heed Our spirits in their human need; We bless thee, Father, that we are! We bless thee for our inward life; For its immortal date decreeing; For that which comprehendeth thee, A spark of thy divinity, Which is the being of our being! We bless thee for this bounteous earth; For its increase—for corn and wine; For forest-oaks, for mountain-rills; For cattle “on a thousand hills;” We bless thee—for all good is thine!
Approximate author period: c. 1846 AD · industrial
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- Mary Howitt
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- Approximate author period: c. 1846 AD · industrial
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 76 · printed citation: Mary Howitt · subject: BLESSING—BLESSEDNESS—BLESS
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