English poem
Xii
by R. D. Blackmore (1825–1900)
"Ocean sire, the earth enclasping, Like a babe upon thy knee, In thy cosmic cycle grasping All that hath been, or shall be;
"Thou, that art around and over All we labour to discover; Thou, to whom our world no more Than a shell is on thy shore;
"God, that wast Supreme, or ever Orus, or Osiris, saw; God, with whom is no endeavour, But thy will eternal law: