Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HYM: GOD'S MARK ON ALL THINGS, by AMELIA OPIE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography 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. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ALLEN BROOKE, OF WINDERMERE by AMELIA OPIE AN EVENING WALK AT CROMER, 1795 by AMELIA OPIE ODE: WRITTEN ON THE OPENING OF THE LAST CAMPAIGN by AMELIA OPIE ON THE APPROACH OF AUTUMN by AMELIA OPIE STANZAS WRITTEN UNDER AEOLUS'S HARP by AMELIA OPIE THE DESPAIRING WANDERER by AMELIA OPIE ROME. AT THE PYRAMID OF CESTIUS NEAR THE GRAVES OF SHELLEY by THOMAS HARDY WITHOUT CEREMONY by THOMAS HARDY |
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