June Poetry Corner

"When I view and consider Your heavens,

the works of Your fingers, the moon

and the stars, which You have ordained

and established. What is man that

You are mindful of him, and the

son of earthborn man that

You care for him?

Psalm 8:4-5

Turn To The Stars Of Heaven Thine Eyes

Turn to the stars of heaven thine eyes,

And God shall meet thee there;

Exalt thy vision to the skies,

His glory they declare;

Day speaks to day, night teaches night,

The wonders of their frame,

And all in harmony unite

Their Maker to proclaim.

Earth has no language, man no speech,

But gives their voice a tongue;

Their words the world's foundations reach;

Their hymn in heaven is sung;

Pavilioned there in glory bright,

As from a blooming bride,

The sun comes forth in floods of light,

With all a bridegroom's pride.

Glad, like a giant for the race,

His orient flame ascends,

Soars through the boundless realms of space

And in the west descends;

His heat the vital lamp bestows,

The firmament pervades

In ocean's darkest caverns glows,

And earth's profoundest shades.

John Quincy Adams

John Quincy Adams

July 11, 1767- February 23, 1848

Sixth President of the United States of America