A Book of Christian Sonnets

by William Allen

Ye mountains proud that human feet defy,

And dragons which in ocean-deeps do lie;

Fire, hail, and vapors, tempests that amaze

The seaman in his barque; the drifting snow;

All lofty cedars and each fruitful tree;

The fowl that fly, and beasts that creep below;

All kings and people, old and young, come ye,

And praise God's name, all glorious, good, and great,—

God's name, in majesty o'er all elate!