A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations / Consisting of Choice Passages from the Sacred Poetry of All Ages and Countries, Classified and Arranged, for Facility of Reference, Under Subject Headings; Illustrated by Striking Passages from Scripture, and Forming Altogether a Complete Book of Devotional Poetry.

by Unknown

Are but the shadows of Thy hand;

The lightning’s flash, the howling storm,

The dread volcano’s awful blaze,

Proclaim Thy glory and Thy praise!

Beneath the sunny summer showers

Thy love assumes a milder form

And writes its angel name in flowers;

The wind that flies with winged feet

Around the grassy gladdened earth,

Seems but commissioned to repeat