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Text:The Infinite
Author:Dr. Watts

VI. The Infinite

1 Thy names, how infinite they be!
Great Everlasting one!
Boundless thy might and majesty,
And unconfin'd thy throne.

2 Thy glories shine of wondrous size,
And wondrous large thy grace:
Immortal day breaks from thine eyes,
And Gabriel veils his face.

3 Thine essence is a vast abyss,
Which angels cannot sound,
An ocean of infinities
Where all our thoughts are drown'd.

4 Thy mysteries of creation lie
Beneath enlighten'd minds;
Thoughts can ascend above the sky,
And fly before the winds.

5 Reason may grasp the massy hills,
And stretch from pole to pole,
But half thy name our spirit fills,
And overloads our soul.

6 In vain our haughty reason swells,
For nothing's found in thee
But boundless unconceivables,
And vast eternity.

Text Information
First Line: Thy name, how infinite they be
Title: The Infinite
Author: Dr. Watts
Meter: C. M.
Language: English
Publication Date: 1792
Topic: God; Infinity of God
Source: Dr. Watts's Lyric Poems
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