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Felicia Dorothea Hemans - The Stars
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The heavens declare the glory of God, and the firmament showeth his handy-work.
Psalm xix. 1. 


NO cloud obscures the summer sky,
The moon in brightness walks on high, 
And, set in azure, every star 
Shines, like a gem of heaven, afar! 

Child of the earth! oh! lift thy glance
To yon bright firmament`s expanse;
The glories of its realm explore, 
And gaze, and wonder, and adore! 

Doth it not speak to every sense
The marvels of Omnipotence? 
Seest thou not there th` Almighty name, 
Inscribed in characters of flame? 

Count o`er those lamps of quenchless light, 
That sparkle through the shades of night;
Behold them!?can a mortal boast 
To number that celestial host? 

Mark well each little star, whose rays 
In distant splendor meet thy gaze;
Each is a world by Him sustained,
Who from eternity hath reigned. 

Each, shining not for earth alone,
Hath suns and planets of its own,
And beings, whose existence springs
From Him, th` all-powerful King of kings. 

Haply, those glorious beings know
Nor stain of guilt, nor tear of woe; 
But raising still th` adoring voice,
For ever in their God rejoice. 

What then art thou, oh! child of clay!
Amid creation`s grandeur, say? 
?E`en as an insect on the breeze, 
E`en as a dew-drop, lost in seas! 

Yet fear thou not!?the sovereign hand, 
Which spread the ocean and the land, 
And hung the rolling spheres in air, 
Hath, e`en for thee, a Father`s care! 

Be thou at peace!?th` all-seeing eye, 
Pervading earth, and air, and sky, 
The searching glance which none may flee, 
Is still, in mercy, turned on thee.
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