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Hymn To The Eternal.

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'Twixt the heavens and earth, high in the airy ocean,     In the tempest's cradle I'm borne with a rocking motion;         Clouds are towering,         Storms beneath me are lowering,     Giddily all the wonders I see,     And, O Eternal, I think of Thee!     All Thy terrible pomp, lend to the Finite now,     Mighty Nature! Oh, of Infinity, thou         Giant daughter!         Mirror God, as in water!     Tempest, oh, let thine organ-peal     God to the reasoning worm reveal!     Hark! it peals how the rocks quiver beneath its growls     Zeboath's glorious name, wildly the hurricane howls!         Graving the while         With the lightning's style     "Creatures, do ye acknowledge me?"     Spare us, Lord! We acknowledge Thee!

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