by John Clare (1793 - 1864)
Nature's Hymn to the Deity
Language: English
Available translation(s): GER
All nature owns with one accord The great and universal Lord: The sun proclaims him through the day, The moon when daylight drops away, The very darkness smiles to wear The stars that show us God is there, On moonlight seas soft gleams the sky And "God is with us" waves reply. Winds breathe from God's abode "we come," Storms louder own God is their home, And thunder yet with louder call, Sounds "God is mightiest over all"; Till earth right loath the proof to miss Echoes triumphantly "He is," And air and ocean makes reply, God reigns on earth, in air and sky. All nature owns with one accord The great and universal Lord: Insect and bird and tree and flower -- The witnesses of every hour -- Are pregnant with his prophesy And "God is with us" all reply. The first link in the mighty plan Is still -- and all upbraideth man.
Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "Nature's Hymn to the Deity" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "Nature's Hymn to the Deity", 1968, copyright © 1971, first performed 1969 [mezzo-soprano or contralto, SATB chorus, and orchestra], from Outcry, no. 5, Sevenoaks, Kent, Novello [text not verified]
Available translations, adaptations, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , title 1: "Lobpreis der Natur an die Gottheit", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 152