O LORD."
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Fishes.
Our fashions and our colours and our speeds
Set forth His praise Who framed us and Who feeds,
Who knows our number and regards our needs.
Set forth His praise Who framed us and Who feeds,
Who knows our number and regards our needs.
Birds.
Winged Angels of this visible world, we fly
To sing God's praises in the lofty sky;
We scale the height to praise our Lord most High.
To sing God's praises in the lofty sky;
We scale the height to praise our Lord most High.
Eagle and Dove.
I the sun-gazing Eagle,—I the Dove
With plumes of softness and a note of love,—
We praise by divers gifts One God above.
With plumes of softness and a note of love,—
We praise by divers gifts One God above.
Beasts and Cattle.
We forest Beasts,—We Beasts of hill or cave,—
We border-loving Creatures of the wave,—
We praise our King with voices deep and grave,
We border-loving Creatures of the wave,—
We praise our King with voices deep and grave,
Small Animals.
God forms us weak and small, but pours out all
We need, and notes us while we stand or fall:
Wherefore we praise Him, weak and safe and small.
We need, and notes us while we stand or fall:
Wherefore we praise Him, weak and safe and small.
