On The Universality And Other Attributes Of The God Of Nature Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCD EEFF GHII JJKK LLMM NNOO PQRR| All that we see about abroad | A |
| What is it all but nature's God | B |
| In meaner works discovered here | C |
| No less than in the starry sphere | D |
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| In seas on earth this God is seen | E |
| All that exist upon Him lean | E |
| He lives in all and never strayed | F |
| A moment from the works He made | F |
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| His system fixed on general laws | G |
| Bespeaks a wise creating cause | H |
| Impartially He rules mankind | I |
| And all that on this globe we find | I |
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| Unchanged in all that seems to change | J |
| Unbounded space is His great range | J |
| To one vast purpose always true | K |
| No time with Him is old or new | K |
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| In all the attributes divine | L |
| Unlimited perfectings shine | L |
| In these enwrapt in these complete | M |
| All virtues in that centre meet | M |
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| This power doth all powers transcend | N |
| To all intelligence a friend | N |
| Exists the greatest and the best | O |
| Throughout all the worlds to make them blest | O |
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| All that He did He first approved | P |
| He all things into being loved | Q |
| O'er all He made He still presides | R |
| For them in life or death provides | R |
Philip Freneau
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