nature's teachings.
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Each has a tone, a lesson; man hath need
Oft to go forth and ponder all their lore:
In Nature's open volume he may read
Truths of the mightiest import, and in awe
Bow down an humble heart, an unseen power adore.
Oft to go forth and ponder all their lore:
In Nature's open volume he may read
Truths of the mightiest import, and in awe
Bow down an humble heart, an unseen power adore.
ii.
Go to the ocean, when its giant waves
Are lashed to fury in the tempest's hour,
And while each tortured billow madly raves,
Learn thou the Lord Jehovah's might and power;
Then turn thee to the little modest flower,
That blooms unnoticed 'mid the gay and fair,
Or gives its bright cheek to the summer shower,
And read His watchful love and goodness there.
The lilies of the field are still His care,
And He who fixed the rolling worlds on high,
And spread above the broad blue arch of heaven,
And clothes it with the gorgeous hues of even,
Looks on the meanest worm with guardian eye,
And marks the sparrow's fall, and heeds the raven's cry.
Are lashed to fury in the tempest's hour,
And while each tortured billow madly raves,
Learn thou the Lord Jehovah's might and power;
Then turn thee to the little modest flower,
That blooms unnoticed 'mid the gay and fair,
Or gives its bright cheek to the summer shower,
And read His watchful love and goodness there.
The lilies of the field are still His care,
And He who fixed the rolling worlds on high,
And spread above the broad blue arch of heaven,
And clothes it with the gorgeous hues of even,
Looks on the meanest worm with guardian eye,
And marks the sparrow's fall, and heeds the raven's cry.
