A Choice Collection of Hymns and Spiritual Songs ‎#VIII

VIII. The GOD of Thunder

1 O the immense! th' amazing Height!
The boundless Grandeur of a GOD!
Who treads the Worlds beneath his Feet!
And Sways the Nations with his nod!

2 He speaks! and lo, all Nature shakes;
Heav'n's everlasting Pillows bow;
He rends the clouds with hideous Cracks,
And shouts his fiery Arrows through.

3 Well, let the Nations start and fly
At the blue Lightning's horrid glare;
Atheists and Emperors shrink and die,
When Flame and Noise torment the Air.

4 Let Noise and Flame confound the Skies,
And drown the spacious Realms below;
Yet we will sing the Thund'rer's Praise,
And send our loud Hosannas through.

5 Celestial King! thy blazing Pow'r,
Kindles our Hearts to flaming Joys!
We shout to hear thy Thunder roar!
And echo to our Father's Voice.

6 Thus shall the God our Saviour come,
And Lightnings round his Chariots play,
Ye Lightnings fly to make him Room,
Ye glorious Storms, prepare his Way!

Text Information

• First Line: O the immense! th' amazing Height!
• Title: The GOD of Thunder
• Language: English
• Publication Date: 1774
• Notes: Now Public Domain.

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