School: An Mhainistir, Móin Rátha (roll number 14243)
- Location:
- Mountrath, Co. Laois
- Teacher: Br Columban Ó Cróinín
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The Schools’ Collection, Volume 0833, Page 314
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“Almighty Spirit!...”
Almighty Spirit! Whilst with awe I gaze
Upon thy wondrous works in those grand hours
My mind to thy Eternal Throne I raise-
I roam, in spirit, thro' those blessed bowers
Where you for ever hold unbounded sway
And pour the shades at night and blaze of day
On these, our nether spheres - where you control
And guide the costellations as they rollOh brilliant orb! that since thy maker's will
First formed thee out of nought, has shed thy light
On Ocean, mountain, Valley, lake and hill,
What veils thee now from curious mortal sight?
Say is the fount exhausted whence you drew,
The gold of even, the morning's purple hue -
Those springs of life and light that warmed the earth
Since the All-powerful Being gave it birth.Let sage philosophers say what they will,
Let Coppernicus and Des Cartes rant
Let fam'd Sir Isaac ponderous folios fill
With his wild theories and learned cant
Of planetary laws and revolutions
Conjunctions, transits and vast convolutions
In these grand scenes I simply can def(continues on next page)