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Psal. VIII.

By John Milton

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O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great     And glorious is thy name through all the earth?     So as above the Heavens thy praise to set     Out of the tender mouths of latest bearth,     Out of the mouths of babes and sucklings thou     Hast founded strength because of all thy foes     To stint th'enemy, and slack th'avengers brow     That bends his rage thy providence to oppose.     When I behold thy Heavens, thy Fingers art,     The Moon and Starrs which thou so bright hast set,     In the pure firmament, then saith my heart,     O What is man that thou remembrest yet,     And think'st upon him; or of man begot     That him thou visit'st and of him art found;     Scarce to be less then Gods, thou mad'st his lot,     With honour and with state thou hast him crown'd.     O're the works of thy hand thou mad'st him Lord,     Thou hast put all under his lordly feet,     All Flocks, and Herds, by thy commanding word,     All beasts that in the field or forrest meet.     Fowl of the Heavens, and Fish that through the wet     Sea-paths in shoals do slide. And know no dearth.     O Jehovah our Lord how wondrous great     And glorious is thy name through all the earth.

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John Milton

About John Milton

John Milton (1608–1674) was an English poet best known for "Paradise Lost" (1667), an epic poem retelling the biblical story of the Fall of Man. He also wrote "Paradise Regained," "Samson Agonistes," and the pastoral elegy "Lycidas," and is considered the greatest English epic poet.

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