Religion
God Is Beautiful
From Coruisken Sonnets (1870)
OH, Thou art beautiful! and Thou dost bestow
Thy beauty on this stillness — still as sheep
The Hills lie under Thee; the Waters deep
Murmur for joy of Thee; the voids below
Mirror Thy strange fair Vapours as they flow;
And now, afar upon the barren height,
Thou sendest down a radiant look of light
So that the still Peaks glisten, and a glow
Rose-colour'd tints the little snowy cloud
That poises on the highest peak of all.
Oh, Thou art beautiful! — the Hills are bowed
Beneath Thee; on Thy name the soft Winds call—
The monstrous Ocean trumpets it aloud,
The Rains and Snows intone it as they fall.
Cite this poem
MLA
Buchanan, Robert. “God Is Beautiful.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/buchanan_r/112/.
Chicago
Buchanan, Robert. “God Is Beautiful.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/buchanan_r/112/.
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