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All nature owns with one accord The great and universal Lord: The sun proclaims him through the day, The moon when daylight drops away, The very darkness smiles to wear The stars that show us God is there, On moonlight seas soft gleams the sky And "God is with us" waves reply. Winds breathe from God's abode "we come," Storms louder own God is their home, And thunder yet with louder call, Sounds "God is mightiest over all"; Till earth right loath the proof to miss Echoes triumphantly "He is," And air and ocean makes reply, God reigns on earth, in air and sky. All nature owns with one accord The great and universal Lord: Insect and bird and tree and flower -- The witnesses of every hour -- Are pregnant with his prophesy And "God is with us" all reply. The first link in the mighty plan Is still -- and all upbraideth man.
Text Authorship:
- by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "Nature's Hymn to the Deity" [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Peter Dickinson (b. 1934), "Nature's Hymn to the Deity", 1968, copyright © 1971, first performed 1969 [ mezzo-soprano or contralto, SATB chorus, and orchestra ], from Outcry, no. 5, Sevenoaks, Kent, Novello [sung text not yet checked]
Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):
- GER German (Deutsch) (Bertram Kottmann) , "Lobpreis der Natur an die Gottheit", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]
This text was added to the website: 2009-11-01
Line count: 24
Word count: 152
Natur bezeugt in einem fort den großen, allerhab'nen Gott: Am Tag verkündet ihn die Sonn', und, wenn ihr Licht erlischt, der Mond; die Finsternis ist voll der Freud' zu tragen Gottes Sternenkleid; sanft glänzt der Mond vom Himmel her und "Gott ist mit uns" rauscht das Meer. Aus Gottes Wohnstatt Winde nah'n, Sturm kündigt Gott noch lauter an, und Donner mit gewalt'gem Schall spricht "Gott ist Herrscher überall"; die Erd' stimmt ein in den Erweis, tut allem ruhmreich kund, "So sei's." Und Luft und Meere pflichten bei, dass Gott der Herr des Weltalls sei. Natur bezeugt in einem fort den großen, allerhab'nen Gott: Baum, Blume, Käfer, Vogelschar bezeugen dieses immerdar; erfüllt von seiner Prophetie "Gott ist mit uns", rufen sie. Sein erstes Glied im großen Plan - getadelt wohl - sind Weib und Mann.
Text Authorship:
- Translation from English to German (Deutsch) copyright © 2013 by Bertram Kottmann, (re)printed on this website with kind permission. To reprint and distribute this author's work for concert programs, CD booklets, etc., you must ask the copyright-holder(s) directly for permission. If you receive no response, you must consider it a refusal.
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Based on:
- a text in English by John Clare (1793 - 1864), "Nature's Hymn to the Deity"
This text was added to the website: 2013-06-26
Line count: 24
Word count: 132