Images of God
Rev.
James Gilbourne
Lyons
Lyons, James Gilbourne
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Poem signed Rev. James Gilborne Lyons, LL. D.
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Chambers’s Edinburgh Journal
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Not, from the noble quarry,
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Images of Go
d.
By the Rev. James Gilborne Lyons, LL. D.
Not, from the noble quarry,
Nor from the wealthy mine,
Shalt thou bring images of God
To deck His house or shrine ?
Carrara’s marble mountains
Before His face are dim ;
The purest gold that Sibir yields
Recoils abashed at Him.
Canova’s art and chisel
Could faultless beauty give ;
His glowing thought and magic touch
Could make dead marble live ;
For him lost Nymphs and Heroes
Would from the rough block spring ;
But weak were all Canova’s skill
To frame the seraphs’ King.
In stone of snowy whiteness,
And precious ores of earth,
Triumphant genius carves or moulds
All shapes of human birth ;
He calls up forms and features
Which never yet have been,
But vainly will he toil or think
To show—the Great Unseen.
If thou wouldst find His likeness,
Search where the lowly dwell,
The faithful few that keep His laws
Not boastfully, but well ;
Mark those who walk rejoicing
The way which Jesus trod ;
Thus only shalt thou see below
Fit Images of God.