StoryTitle("caps", "Hymn") ?>
PoemStart() ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The spacious firmament on high,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "With all the blue ethereal sky,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And spangled heavens, a shining frame,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Their great Original proclaim.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Th' unwearied Sun from day to day ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Does his Creator's power display;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And publishes to every land", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The work of an Almighty hand.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Soon as the evening shades prevail,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "The Moon takes up the wondrous tale; ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And nightly to the listening Earth", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Repeats the story of her birth:", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Whilst all the stars that round her burn,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And all the planets in their turn,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Confirm the tidings as they roll, ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And spread the truth from pole to pole.", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What though in solemn silence all", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Move round the dark terrestrial ball;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "What though nor real voice nor sound", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "Amidst their radiant orbs be found? ", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "In Reason's ear they all rejoice,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "And utter forth a glorious voice;", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0", "", "For ever singing as they shine,", "") ?>
PoemLine("L0DQ", "", "\"The Hand that made us is divine.\"", "") ?>
Poet("Joseph Addison", "1672–1719") ?>
PoemEnd() ?>