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Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.

By Benedicite (Selected Rondels). III. “Lightnings and Clouds”

Richard Wilton (1827–1903)

O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise Him and magnify Him for ever.

LIGHTNINGS and Clouds, in praise of Him

Unfurl your banners in the sky:

Ye Lightnings, let your pennons fly,

Illumining the midnight dim,

Till all the landscape seems to swim

In fire, before the dazzled eye:

Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him,

Unfurl your banners in the sky.

Ye Clouds, upon the ocean’s brim,

In sunset-hues your streamers dye;

Your gold and crimson wave on high

And beautify the horizon’s rim:

Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him,

Unfurl your banners in the sky.