| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | Benedicite (Selected Rondels).
III. “Lightnings and Clouds” | | By Richard Wilton (1827–1903) |
| | O ye Lightnings and Clouds, bless ye the Lord; praise Him and magnify Him for ever. |
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LIGHTNINGS and Clouds, in praise of Him | |
| Unfurl your banners in the sky: | |
| Ye Lightnings, let your pennons fly, | |
| Illumining the midnight dim, | |
| Till all the landscape seems to swim | 5 |
| In fire, before the dazzled eye: | |
| Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him, | |
| Unfurl your banners in the sky. | |
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| Ye Clouds, upon the ocean’s brim, | |
| In sunset-hues your streamers dye; | 10 |
| Your gold and crimson wave on high | |
| And beautify the horizon’s rim: | |
| Lightnings and Clouds, in praise of Him, | |
| Unfurl your banners in the sky. | | | |
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