CXLVIIb. Summer and Winter

1 O Britain, praise thy mighty God,
And make his honor known abroad,
He bids the ocean round thee flow;
Not bars of brass could guard thee so.

2 Thy children are secure and blest;
Thy shores have peace, thy cities rest;
He feeds thy sons with finest wheat,
And adds his blessing to their meat.

3 Thy changing seasons he ordains,
Thine early and thy latter rains;
His flakes of snow like wool he sends,
And thus the springing corn defends.

4 With hoary frost he strews the ground,
His hail descends with clatt'ring sound:
Where is the man so vainly bold
That dares defy his dreadful cold?

5 He bids the southern breezes blow;
The ice dissolves, the waters flow:
But he hath nobler works and ways
To call the Britons to his praise.

6 To all the isle his laws are shown;
His gospel through the nation known;
He hath not thus reveal'd his word
To ev'ry land: Praise ye the Lord.

Text Information
First Line: O Britain, paise thy mighty God
Title: Summer and Winter
Meter: Long Metre
Language: English
Publication Date: 1780
Scripture:
Notes: A song for Great Britain
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