Poems (Charlotte Allen)/Omnipresence of the Deity

by Charlotte Allen

OMNIPRESENCE OF THE DEITY.

Visit the earth's remotest bound,
 Or seek the rocky cave;
Walk o'er the desert's steril ground,
 Go to the silent grave;
Go to the forest's deepest glen,
 Go to the wild beast's lair,
Or where no mortal foot hath been,
 Thy Maker will be there.

Whether upon the briny deep,
 Or where the savage trod,
Where'er thou art, awake, asleep,
 There is thy Maker—God.
Amid the silence of the night,
 While darkness spreads around,
Though wisely veiled from human sight,
 There, is thy Maker found.

The mountains, rocks and tow'ring trees,
 The green and flowery sod,
The wild winds roar, the swelling seas,
 All tell alike of God.