<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391649" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The Stars</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy-work.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Psalm xix. 1. </div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br>NO cloud obscures the summer sky,<br>The moon in brightness walks on high, <br>And, set in azure, every star <br>Shines, like a gem of heaven, afar! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Child of the earth! oh! lift thy glance<br>To yon bright firmament's expanse;<br>The glories of its realm explore, <br>And gaze, and wonder, and adore! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Doth it not speak to every sense<br>The marvels of Omnipotence? <br>Seest thou not there th' Almighty name, <br>Inscribed in characters of flame? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Count o'er those lamps of quenchless light, <br>That sparkle through the shades of night;<br>Behold them!?can a mortal boast <br>To number that celestial host? </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Mark well each little star, whose rays <br>In distant splendor meet thy gaze;<br>Each is a world by Him sustained,<br>Who from eternity hath reigned. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Each, shining not for earth alone,<br>Hath suns and planets of its own,<br>And beings, whose existence springs<br>From Him, th' all-powerful King of kings. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Haply, those glorious beings know<br>Nor stain of guilt, nor tear of woe; <br>But raising still th' adoring voice,<br>For ever in their God rejoice. </div><div style="margin:10px 0">What then art thou, oh! child of clay!<br>Amid creation's grandeur, say? <br>?E'en as an insect on the breeze, <br>E'en as a dew-drop, lost in seas! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yet fear thou not!?the sovereign hand, <br>Which spread the ocean and the land, <br>And hung the rolling spheres in air, <br>Hath, e'en for thee, a Father's care! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Be thou at peace!?th' all-seeing eye, <br>Pervading earth, and air, and sky, <br>The searching glance which none may flee, <br>Is still, in mercy, turned on thee.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Felicia+Dorothea+Hemans">Felicia Dorothea Hemans</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391649" data-title="The Stars de Felicia Dorothea Hemans" data-description="The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy-work. Psalm xix. 1. NO cloud obscures the summer sky, The moon in brightness walks on high, And, set in azure, every star Shines, like a gem of heaven, afar! Child o..."></div> </div> </div>

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