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First Line: There's not a leaf within the bower
Last Line: To join the angelic choir in praise.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alderson, Amelia


There's not a leaf within the bower;
There's not a bird upon the tree;
There's not a dewdrop on the flower,
But bears the impress, Lord! of Thee.

Thy hand the varied leaf design'd,
And gave the bird its thrilling tone:
Thy power the dewdrop's tints combined,
Till like a diamond's blaze they shone.

Yes: dewdrops, leaves, and birds, and all,
The smallest like the greatest things;
The sea's vast space, the earth's wide ball,
Alike proclaim Thee King of Kings.

But man alone to bounteous Heaven
Thanksgiving's conscious strains can raise;
To favour'd man alone't is given
To join the angelic choir in praise.





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