Classic Poem

FROM THE EIGHTH PSALM .

Almighty Pow'r! amazing are thy ways,
Above our knowledge, and above our praise!
How all thy works thy excellence display
How fair, how great, how wonderful are they!
Thy hand yon wide-extended Heav'n uprais'd,
Yon wide-extended Heav'n with stars emblaz'd,
Where each bright orb, since Time his course begun,
Has roll'd a mighty world, or shin'd a sun:
Stupendous thought! how sinks all human race!
A point, an atom, in the field of space!
Yet ev'n to us, O Lord! thy care extends;
Thy bounty feeds us, and thy pow'r defends:
Yet ev'n to us, as delegates of thee,
Thou giv'st dominion over land and sea;
Whate'er or walks on earth, or flits in air;
Whate'er of life the wat'ry regions bear;
All these are ours, and for the' extensive claim,
We owe due homage to thy sacred Name!
Almighty Pow'r! how wondrous are thy ways!
How far above our knowledge and our praise!