SERVICE and strength, God's Angels and Archangels; His Seraphs fires, and lamps His Cherubim: Glory to God from highest and from lowest, Glory to God in everlasting hymn From all His creatures. Princes that serve, and Powers that work His pleasure, Heights that soar to'ard Him, Depths that sink to'ard Him; Flames fire out-flaming, chill beside His Essence; Insight all-probing, save where scant and dim To'ard its Creator. Sacred and free exultant in God's pleasure, His Will their solace, thus they wait on Him; And shout their shout of ecstasy eternal, And trim their splendours that they burn not dim To'ard their Creator. Wherefore with Angels, wherefore with Archangels, With lofty Cherubs, loftier Seraphim, We laud and magnify our God Almighty, And veil our faces rendering love to Him With all His creatures. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: THE UNKNOWN by EDGAR LEE MASTERS LA PALOMA IN LONDON by CLAUDE MCKAY THE SOCIOLOGY OF TOYOTAS AND JADE CHRYSANTHEMUMS by HAYDEN CARRUTH FOR THE INVESTITURE by CECIL DAY LEWIS DEAD LEAVES by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON THE BOOK OF STONES AND LILIES by AMY LOWELL |