Father of All! in ev’ry Age,

In ev’ry Clime ador’d,

By Saint, by Savage, and by Sage,

Jehovah, Jove, or Lord!

Let not this weak, unknowing hand

Presume thy bolts to throw,

And deal damnation round the land,

On each I judged thy Foe.

To thee, whose Temple is all Space,

Whose Altar Earth, Sea, Skies,

One Chorus let all Being raise,

All Nature’s Incense rise!

Alexander Pope

1738