O THOU, the One supreme o'er all! For by what other name May we upon thy greatness call, Or celebrate thy fame? Ineffable! to thee what speech Can hymns of honor raise? Ineffable! what tongue can reach The measure of thy praise? How, unapproached, shall mind of man Descry Thy dazzling throne, And pierce and find thee out, and scan Where thou dost dwell alone? Unuttered thou! all uttered things Have had their birth from thee; The one unknown! from thee the springs Of all we know and see! And all things, as they move along In order fixed by thee, Thy watchword heed, in silent song Hymning thy majesty. And lo! all things abide in thee, And through the complex whole, Thou spread'st thine own divinity, Thyself of all the goal. One being thou, all things, yet none, Nor one nor yet all things; How call thee, O mysterious One? A worthy name, who brings? All-named from attributes thine own, How call thee as we ought? Thou art unlimited, alone, Beyond the range of thought. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...WHEN I WROTE A LITTLE by HAYDEN CARRUTH NOT OUR GOOD LUCK by ROBINSON JEFFERS A DIM DOORWAY by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON DOWN BY THE CARIB SEA: 6. SUNSET IN THE TROPICS by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON GOOD-BYE DOROTHY GAYLE: HOME TO FARGO by KAREN SWENSON |