96 The Spacious Firmament
[1]
The spacious firmament on high
With all the blue ethereal sky
And spangled heavens a shining frame
Their great Original proclaim.
Th unwearied sun from day to day
Does his Creator s power display
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.
The spacious firmament on high
With all the blue ethereal sky
And spangled heavens a shining frame
Their great Original proclaim.
Th unwearied sun from day to day
Does his Creator s power display
And publishes to every land
The work of an almighty hand.
[2]
Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale;
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn
Confirm the tidings as they roll
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
Soon as the evening shades prevail
The moon takes up the wondrous tale;
And nightly to the listening earth
Repeats the story of her birth;
While all the stars that round her burn
And all the planets in their turn
Confirm the tidings as they roll
And spread the truth from pole to pole.
[3]
What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found?
In reason s ear they all rejoice
And utter forth a glorious voice
Forever singing as they shine
"The hand that made us is divine?"
What though in solemn silence all
Move round the dark terrestrial ball?
What though no real voice nor sound
Amid their radiant orbs be found?
In reason s ear they all rejoice
And utter forth a glorious voice
Forever singing as they shine
"The hand that made us is divine?"