Classic Poem

Know me ? I am no power who sits at ease,
But what I am I am because I do.
And wouldst thou know me, son of earth, thou too?
Behold the flowery mead, the teeming seas,
The lily dancing in the morning breeze,
The planet and the heaven wherein he moves,
The sun that warms thee, and the heart that loves;
Thou who wouldst know me, thou must be as these.

Who knows my power? Not they who stand at gaze,
For seeing they shall see and shall not see,
And knowing they shall know not, though they knew;
Thy life be worship, and thy deeds be praise!
And wouldst thou know what I am? Thou must be:
And wouldst thou be what I am? Thou must do.