The Image Of God (From The Spanish Of Francisco De Aldana)

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 1807 (Portland) – 1882 (Cambridge)



O Lord! who seest, from yon starry height
Centred in one the future and the past
Fashioned in thine own image, see
The world obscures in me what once was bright!
Eternal Sun! the warmth which thou hast given,
To cheer life's flowery April, fast decays;
Yet in the hoary winter of my days,
For ever green shall be my trust in Heaven.
Celestial King! Oh let thy presence pass
Before my spirit, and an image fair
Shall meet that look of mercy from on high,
As the reflected image in a glass
Doth meet the look of him who seeks it there,
And owes its being to the gazer's eye.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme ABCADEEDFGHFGH
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 569
Words 113
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Henry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline. more…

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