Nature
The Seasons Are Thy Servants
From Poems: Pastoral and Psalm (1896)
The seasons are thy servants, Lord!
Obedient to thy will,
Thy everlasting covenant
They faithfully fulfill.
The seasons are thy servants, Lord!
Summer and winter bring
Rich blessings from thy gracious hand,—
The bounty of the King.
The seasons are thy servants, Lord!
Why should thy children fear?
With loving-kindness manifold
Thou crownest every year.
The seasons are thy servants, Lord!
The sunshine and the rain;
The seedtime and the harvest blend
In our eternal gain.
The seasons are thy servants, Lord!
Thy changeless love we laud,
And magnify, with grateful joy,
The goodness of our God.
Cite this poem
MLA
Copeland, Benjamin. “The Seasons Are Thy Servants.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/122/.
Chicago
Copeland, Benjamin. “The Seasons Are Thy Servants.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/122/.
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