Rosemary and Pansies/Hymn of the Pantheist
HYMN OF THE PANTHEIST
Wondrous essence, Being's stay, Light that shineth night and day; Power that doth all uphold, Spirit that doth all enfold; Heart of peace in maddest strife, Joy of Joy and Life of Life; Soul of Nature! let me rest Childlike on thy loving breast, Shadow me beneath thy wings From Despair's envenomed stings.
Let me, when I wake at morn Render thanks that I was born; Let me, ere I sink to rest, Ever own how much I'm blest; Let me always grateful be For the joy I have in Thee! Ever, ever thank the Power Gave me such a splendid dower; All my thoughts thanksgivings be Till I at last return to Thee!
February 1903