Almighty God ! who sees the dew-drop fall.
And sends the rain that falls alike on all ;
Who pours the fountain from its secret source,
And guides the river in its onward course ;
Who parts the waters from the teeming land.
And holds the ocean in His mighty hand ;
Who states the tides and moves upon the deep,
To rouse the billow or to bid it sleep ;
Who deluged earth and covered mountains high,
Then set this token in the hallowed sky, —
Here, by these waters, in their ceaseless flow,
Has fixed His covenant. Behold the Bow !
And while earth trembles ‘neath the mighty load,
Man sees the promise and the power of God !
Source: Horace P. Biddle. Poems. New York: Hurd & Houghton, 1868
