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This is a poem by [[Isaac Watts]], from ''Horae Lyricae'', Book 1, 1706, entitled ''God's Dominion and Decrees''. | |||
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Keep silence, all created things, | |||
And wait your Maker's nod; | |||
The muse stands trembling while she sings | |||
The honors of her God. | |||
Life, death, and hell, and worlds unknown, | |||
{{ | Hang on His firm decree, | ||
He sits on no precarious throne, | |||
Nor borrows leave to be. | |||
}} | |||
The mighty voice bade ancient night | |||
Her endless realms resign; | |||
And, lo, ten thousand globes of light | |||
In fields of azure shine. | |||
Now wisdom, with superior sway, | |||
Guides the vast moving frame; | |||
While all the ranks of beings pay | |||
Deep reverence to His name.}} | |||
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{{Text|Simple| | |||
He spake: the sun obedient stood, | |||
And held the falling day: | |||
Old Jordan backward drives his flood, | |||
And disappoints the sea. | |||
Lord of the armies of the sky, | |||
He marshals all the stars: | |||
Red comets lift their banners high, | |||
And wide proclaim His wars. | |||
Chained to the throne, a volume lies | |||
With all the fates of men; | |||
With every angel's form and size, | |||
Drawn by eternal pen. | |||
His providence unfolds the book, | |||
And makes His counsels shine; | |||
Each opening leaf, and every stroke | |||
Fulfills some deep design.}} | |||
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Here He exalts neglected worms | |||
To scepters and a crown; | |||
Anon the following page he turns, | |||
And treads the monarch down. | |||
Not Gabriel asks the reason why, | |||
Nor God the reason gives; | |||
Nor dares the favorite angel pry | |||
Between the folded leaves. | |||
My God, I never longed to see | |||
My fate with curious eyes; | |||
What gloomy lines are writ for me, | |||
Or what bright scenes shall rise. | |||
In thy fair book of life and grace, | |||
May I but find my name | |||
Recorded in some humble place, | |||
Beneath my Lord, the Lamb!}} | |||
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==External links == | ==External links == |
Revision as of 13:12, 18 September 2015
General information
This is a poem by Isaac Watts, from Horae Lyricae, Book 1, 1706, entitled God's Dominion and Decrees.
Settings by composers
- Oliver Holden — Richmond English STB
Text and translations
English text Keep silence, all created things, |
He spake: the sun obedient stood, |
Here He exalts neglected worms |
External links
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