Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONGS OF CREATION: 5, by HEINRICH HEINE


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SONGS OF CREATION: 5, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On the sixth day spake the lord thus
Last Line: Man will praise and worship me.
Subject(s): Creation; Nature; Praise


ON the sixth day spake the Lord thus:
I have finish'd finally
All this vast and fair creation,
And that all is good, I see.

How the sun's rays, golden-roselike,
O'er the ocean brightly gleam!
Every tree is green and glittering,
And enamell'd all things seem.

On the plain you lambkins sporting
Are like alabaster white:
O how natural and perfect
Nature seemeth to the sight!

Earth and heaven alike are teeming
With my glorious majesty,
And through long and endless ages
Man will praise and worship me.





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