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William Cowper (Уильям Купер)


Wisdom


(Proverbs, viii. 22-31)

"Ere God had built the mountains,
Or raised the fruitful hills;
Before he fill'd the fountains
That feed the running rills;
In me from everlasting,
The wonderful I am,
Found pleasures never wasting,
And Wisdom is my name.

"When, like a tent to dwell in,
He spread the skies abroad,
And swathed about the swelling
Of Ocean's mighty flood;
He wrought by weight and measure,
And I was with Him then:
Myself the Father's pleasure,
And mine, the sons of men."

Thus Wisdom's words discover
Thy glory and Thy grace,
Thou everlasting lover
Of our unworthy race!
Thy gracious eye survey'd us
Ere stars were seen above;
In wisdom thou hast made us,
And died for us in love.

And couldst thou be delighted
With creatures such as we,
Who, when we saw Thee, slighted,
And nail'd Thee to a tree?
Unfathomable wonder,
And mystery divine!
The voice that speaks in thunder,
Says, "Sinner, I am thine!" 



William Cowper's other poems:
  1. No Sorrow Peculiar to the Sufferer
  2. Denner's Old Woman
  3. A Figurative Description of the Procedure of Divine Love
  4. The Doves
  5. Mourning and Longing


Poems of another poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

  • Ernest Dowson (Эрнест Доусон) Wisdom ("Love wine and beauty and the spring")
  • William Yeats (Уильям Йейтс) Wisdom ("THE true faith discovered was")
  • Sara Teasdale (Сара Тисдейл) Wisdom ("WHEN I have ceased to break my wings")

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