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Book: Hymns on The Works of Nature, for The Use of Children (1827)

  • The Rainbow
    SOFT falls the mild, reviving shower
    From April's changeful skies,
    42 lines
  • The Sun
    The sun comes forth; each mountain height
    Glows with a tinge of rosy light,
    28 lines
  • The Rivers
    GO! trace th' unnumbered streams, o'er earth
    That wind their devious course,
    36 lines
  • Paraphrase Of Psalm: CXLVIII
    Praise ye the Lord. Praise ye the Lord from the heavens: praise him in the heights.
    36 lines
  • The Stars
    NO cloud obscures the summer sky,
    The moon in brightness walks on high,
    42 lines
  • The Nightingale
    WHEN twilight's grey and pensive hour
    Brings the low breeze, and shuts the flower,
    32 lines
  • The Ocean
    HE that in venturous barks hath been
    A wanderer on the deep,
    38 lines
  • To A Younger Child
    Where sucks the bee now? Summer is flying;
    Leaves on the grass-plot faded are lying;
    13 lines
  • The Thunderstorm
    DEEP, fiery clouds o'ercast the sky,
    Dead stillness reigns in air,
    40 lines
  • The Northern Spring
    WHEN the soft breath of Spring goes forth
    Far o'er the mountains of the North,
    24 lines
  • The Birds
    TRIBES of the air! whose favored race
    May wander through the realms of space,
    55 lines
  • To One Of The Author's Children
    THOU wak'st from happy sleep to play
    With bounding heart, my boy!
    17 lines
  • The Sky-Lark
    THE Sky-lark, when the dews of morn
    Hang tremulous on flower and thorn,
    18 lines
  • Introductory Verses
    OH! blest art thou, whose steps may rove
    Through the green paths of vale and grove,
    28 lines

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