Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Sacred Poems. I. Psalm CIV. (“O worship the King”)Sir Robert Grant (1779–1838)
O
All glorious above;
O gratefully sing
His power and His Love;—
Our Shield and Defender,
The Ancient of days,
Pavilioned in splendour,
And girded with praise.
O sing of His grace,
Whose robe is the light,
Whose canopy space;
His chariots of wrath
Deep thunder-clouds form,
And dark is His path
On the wings of the storm.
Of wonders untold,
Almighty, Thy power
Hath founded of old;
Hath stablish’d it fast
By a changeless decree,
And round it hath cast,
Like a mantle, the sea.
What tongue can recite?
It breathes in the air,
It shines in the light;
It streams from the hills,
It descends to the plain,
And sweetly distils
In the dew and the rain.
And feeble as frail,
In Thee do we trust,
Nor find Thee to fail.
Thy mercies how tender!
How firm to the end!
Our Maker, Defender,
Redeemer, and Friend!
Ineffable Love,
While Angels delight
To hymn Thee above,
Thy humbler creation,
Though feeble their lays,
With true adoration
Shall lisp to Thy praise.