LORD over all! whose power the sceptre swayed, Ere first Creation's wondrous form was framed, When by His will divine all things were made; Then King Almighty was His name proclaimed! When all shall cease—the universe be o'er, In awful greatness He alone will reign, Who was, who is, and who will evermore In glory most refulgent still remain. Sole God! unequalled, and beyond compare, Without division or associate; Without commencing date or final year, Ominpotent He reigns in awful state. To Him, no like, no equal e'er can be; He, without change or substitute remains, Without divisibleness or adjunct, He In highest might and power supremely reigns. He is my God! my living Savior He! My sheltering Rock in sad misfortune's hour! My standard, refuge, portion, still shall be, My lot's Disposer when I seek His power. Into His hands my spirit I consign Whilst wrapped in sleep, that I again may wake: And with my soul, my body I resign; The Lord with me,—no fears my soul can shake. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BRIGHTNESS AS A POIGNANT LIGHT by DAVID IGNATOW BENEDICTION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON ISOLATION by GEORGIA DOUGLAS JOHNSON SONNET by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON KILLED IN ACTION by ISAAC ROSENBERG PLAINT OF THE DISGUSTED BRITON IN THE STATES by GEORGE SANTAYANA |