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| Text: | Parent of all, omnipotent! |
| Author: | Aspland's Col. |
1 Parent of all, omnipotent!
In heaven and earth below!
Through all creation's vast extent,
Whose streams of goodness flow:
2 Teach me to know from whence I rose,
And unto what designed;
No private aims may I propose,
That injure human kind.
3 To hear my country's lawful voice,
May my best thoughts incline;
'Tis reason's law, 'tis virtue's choice,
'Tis nature's call, and thine.
4 Me from fair freedom's sacred cause
May nothing e'er divide;
Nor grandeur, gold, nor vain applause,
Nor friendship false, misguide.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Parent of all, omnipotent! |
| Author: | Aspland's Col. |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Publication Date: | 1873 |
| Topic: | The Christian Nation: Patriotism; The Virtuous Love of Country |
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