Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907.
By Benedicite (Selected Rondels). III. “Lightnings and Clouds”Richard Wilton (1827–1903)
O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise Him and magnify Him for ever.
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Unfurl your banners in the sky:
Ye Lightnings, let your pennons fly,
Illumining the midnight dim,
Till all the landscape seems to swim
In fire, before the dazzled eye:
Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him,
Unfurl your banners in the sky.
In sunset-hues your streamers dye;
Your gold and crimson wave on high
And beautify the horizon’s rim:
Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him,
Unfurl your banners in the sky.