Beautiful, sublime, and glorious

Beautiful, sublime, and glorious

Tune: [Beautiful, sublime, and glorious]
Published in 8 hymnals

Representative Text

1 Beautiful, sublime, and glorious,
Wild, majestic, foaming, free,
Over time itself victorious,
Image of eternity,
Image of eternity.

2 Sun, and moon, and stars shine o'er thee,
See thy surface ebb and flow;
Yet attempt not to explore thee,
In thy soundless depths below,
In thy soundless depths below.

3 Whether morning splendors steep thee
With the rainbow's glowing grace,
Tempests rouse, or navies sweep thee,
'Tis but for a moment's space,
'Tis but for a moment's space.

4 Earth, her valleys and her mountains,
Mortal man's behests obey,
Thy unfathomable fountains,
Scoff his search and scorn his sway,
Scoff his search and scorn his sway.

5 Such art thou, stupendous ocean!
And if overwhelmed by thee,
Can we think without emotion,
What must thy Creator be!
What must thy Creator be?

Source: The Little Minstrel: a collection of songs and music, with lessons of instruction, mathematically arranged plan of notation #70

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First Line: Beautiful, sublime, and glorious
Copyright: Public Domain

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Instances (1 - 8 of 8)

Grammar School Hymn Book #d26

Hymns for Schools and Families #d12

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Songs of Glory #94

Songs of Joy #d11

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The Little Minstrel #70

The Sacred Melodeon and The Juvenile Numeral Singer #d3

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The School Hymn-Book #321

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