Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PARAPHRASE ON THE 65TH PSALM, by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER Poet's Biography First Line: To thee, jehovah, grateful sion sings Last Line: And the full valleys laugh and sing and shout around. Subject(s): Bible; Earth; God; Nature; Praise; Prayer; World | ||||||||
TO Thee, Jehovah, grateful Sion sings, And with thy Praise thy holy City rings; To Thee, from Heav'n O pitifully bow, Mankind prefers an universal Vow! The Snares of Sin against my Soul prevail, A contrite Spirit let thy Mercy heal! Blest is the spotless Man who dwells with Thee, The Treasures of thy Temple shall he see, Be wrapt in Bliss, and in thy own Abode, Enjoy the fullest Glories of his GOD. What Wonders shall the Lord of Sabaoth shew, The great Salvation of the World below! Who with his Strength the Lands in Safety keeps, And all that see his Wonders in the Deeps, Fast the Foundations of the Mountains joins, And girds about with Pow'r his mighty Loins! He speaksthe Tumults of the People cease He nodsthe raging Ocean sinks to Peace Thy Tokens dart Amazement to the Soul, And all the Nations fear from Pole to Pole! Thee with a fiercer or a fainter Ray, The Morn and Evening praise, the Night and Day! GOD from his copious Rivers Plenty pours, Cloaths the luxuriant Earth with balmy Flow'rs, Bathes in soft genial Dews the tender Root, And loads the gladsome Year with golden Fruit; From vernal Skies abundant Bounty sends, And luscious Fatness from his Clouds descends; Hence fragrant Greens the pathless Wild o'erspread, For Joy the little Hills exalt their Head, The crowded Folds with num'rous Bleats resound, And the full Valleys laugh and sing and shout around. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE BROKEN BALANCE by ROBINSON JEFFERS SUBJECTED EARTH by ROBINSON JEFFERS GEOMETAPHYSICS by MARGARET AVISON NIAGARA by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS SOPHISTICATION by CONRAD AIKEN I SEE CHILE IN MY REARVIEW MIRROR by AGHA SHAHID ALI WASHING OUR HANDS OF THE REST OF AMERICA by MARVIN BELL THE EARTH IS A LIVING THING by LUCILLE CLIFTON A FAREWELL TO POETRY by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A FRAGMENT OF A SATIRE by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER A PARAPHRASE ON THE 13TH CHAPTER OF ISAIAH by THOMAS WARTON THE ELDER |
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