Religion

The Song of the three Children

by George Wither 1588–1667

From The Hymnes and Songs of the Church (1623)

Religion

OH all you Creatures of the LORD;
You Angels of the God most high;
You Heau'ns, with what you doe afford;
And Waters all aboue the skie:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

Of God you euerlasting Powres,
Sunne, Moone, and Starres, so bright that show;
You soking Deawes, you dropping Showres;
And all you Winds of God that blow:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

Thou Fire, and what doth heat containe;
Cold Winter, and thou Summer faire;
You blustering Stormes of Haile, and Raine;
And thou the Frost-congealing-Ayre:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

Oh praise him both you Ice and Snow;
You Nights and Dayes, doe you the same,
With what or Darke or Light doth show;
You Cloudes, and eu'ry shining Flame:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

Thou Earth, you Mountaines, and you Hills,
And whatsoeuer thereon growes;
You Fountaines, Riuers, Springs, and Rills;
You Seas, and all that ebbes, or flowes:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

You Whales, and all the Water yeelds;
You of the Feather'd airy-breed;
You Beasts and Cattell of the fields;
And you that are of humane seed:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

Let Israel the LORD confesse;
So let his Priests, that in him trust;
Him let his Seruants also blesse;
Yea, Soules and Spirits of the Iust:
Blesse ye the LORD, him praise, adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

You blessed Saints, his praises tell.
And you that are of humble heart,
With Ananias, Misael;
And Azarias (bearing part)
Blesse you the LORD, him praise adore,
And magnifie him euermore.

MLA

Wither, George. “The Song of the three Children.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wither/425/.

Chicago

Wither, George. “The Song of the three Children.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wither/425/.

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