Arts & Sciences

Horace I, 34

by Eugene Field 1850–1895

From Hoosier Lyrics (1905)

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I have not worshiped God, my King--
Folly has led my heart astray;
Backward I turn my course to learn
The wisdom of a wiser way.

How marvelous is God, the King!
How do His lightnings cleave the sky--
His thundering car spreads fear afar,
And even hell is quaked thereby!

Omnipotent is God, our King!
There is no thought He hath not read,
And many a crown His hand plucks down
To place it on a worthier head!

MLA

Field, Eugene. “Horace I, 34.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/field/262/.

Chicago

Field, Eugene. “Horace I, 34.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/field/262/.

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