Religion

Hymn: The Song of Moses and of the Lamb

by Samuel Woodford 1636–1700

From A Paraphrase upon the Canticles (1679)

Religion

GREAT are thy Works, and marvelous thy Praise,
Lord God Almighty, just and true Thy Ways,
Blest King of Saints; who would not fear
In Thy dread Presence to appear,
Whom Angels, and attending Thrones revere?

Who would not Fear Thee, Lord, and Glorifie
That Name of Thine, which Thou hast rais'd so high!
Thy Holy Name by which Thou art known,
(For Holiness is Thine alone,)
But better, than each single Man by' his own.

Take then, Blest King, what is Thy proper due,
And through all Land and Coasts, Thy Right persue!
That eve'ry Coast and every Land,
Who wondring at thy Judgments stand,
May Worship Thee, and stoop to their Command.

MLA

Woodford, Samuel. “Hymn: The Song of Moses and of the Lamb.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/woodford/22/.

Chicago

Woodford, Samuel. “Hymn: The Song of Moses and of the Lamb.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/woodford/22/.

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