Classic Poem

1.

Immortal King! Thro' Earth's wide frame
How great thy honour, praise, and name!
Whose reign o'er distant worlds extends
Whose glory heav'n's vast height transcends

2.

From infants Thou canst strength upraise,
And form their lisping tongues to praise,
That struck with awe, each wrathful band
In mute astonishment may stand.

3.

When, rapt in thought, with watchful eye
I view the wonders of the sky,
Whose frame thy fingers o'er our head
In rich magnificence have spread, —

4.

The silent Moon, with waxing horn
Along th' ethereal region borne,
The Stars with vivid lustre crown'd,
That nightly walk their destin'd round, —

5.

Lord! What is Man, that in thy care
His humble lot should find a share,
Or what the Son of Man, that T HOU
Thus to his wants thy ear shouldst bow?

6.

His rank awhile, by thy decree,
Th' Angelic Tribes beneath them see,
Till round him thy imparted rays
With unextinguish'd glory blaze.

7.

Subjected to his feet by Thee
To Him all Nature bows the knee;
The beasts in Him their Lord behold,
The grazing herd, the bleating fold, —

8.

The fowls, of various wing, that fly
O'er the vast desert of the sky,
And all the watry tribes, that glide
Through paths to human sight denied.

9.

Immortal King! Thro' Earth's wide frame
How great thy honour, praise, and name!
Thy reign o'er distant worlds extends,
Thy glory Heav'n's vast height transcends.