THE BEAUTIES OF CREATION.
I praised the earth in beauty seen, With garlands gay of various green ; I praised the sea, whose ample field Shone glorious as a silver shieid : And earth and ocean seemed to say, " Our beauties are but for a day 1" I praised the sun whose chariot rolled On wheels of amber and of gold ; I praised the moon, who.se softer eye Gleamed sweetly through the summer sky ! And moon and sun in answer said, " Our days of light are numbered 1" 0 God ! 0 good beyond compare I If thus thy meaner works are fair, ' If thus thy meaner works are fair, If thus thy bounties gild the spaa Of ruined earth and sinful man, How glorious must the mansion bo, Where thy redeemed shall dwell with the* 1
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Otago Witness, Issue 988, 5 November 1870, Page 20
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134THE BEAUTIES OF CREATION. Otago Witness, Issue 988, 5 November 1870, Page 20
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