All Nature Tells Us Nothing Ever Dies

ALL NATURE TELLS US
NOTHING REALLY EVER DIES

by HELEN STEINER RICE



NOTHING EVER REALLY DIES
THAT IS NOT BORN ANEW,
THE MIRACLES OF NATURE
ALL TELL US THIS IS TRUE
THE FLOWERS SLEEPING PEACEFULLY
BENEATH THE WINTER'S SNOW
AWAKEN FROM THIER ICY GRAVE
WHEN SPRING WINDS START TO BLOW,
A LITTLE BROOKS AND SINGING
STREAMS ICEBOUND BENEATH THE SNOW
BEGIN TO BABBLE MERRILY BENEATH
THE SUN'S WARM GLOW.
AND ALL AROUND ON EVERY SIDE,
NEW LIFE AND JOY APPEAR
TO TELL US NOTHING EVER DIES
AND WE SHOULD HAVE NO FEAR,
FOR DEATH IS JUST A DETOUR
ALONG LIFE'S WINDING WAY
THAT LEADS GODS CHOSEN CHILDREN
TO A BRIGHT AND GLORIOUS DAY.







THE LORD IS FAR ABOVE
ALL OF THE NATIONS;
HE IS MORE GLORIOUS
THAN THE HEAVENS.



PSALM 113:4
CEV



PRAISE YE THE LORD.
PRAISE YE THE LORD FROM THE HEAVENS:
PRAISE HIM IN THE HEIGHTS.
PRAISE YE HIM, ALL HIS ANGELS:
PRAISE YE HIM, ALL HIS HOSTS.
PRAISE HIM, ALL YE STARTS OF LIGHT.
PRAISE HIM, YE HEAVENS OF HEAVENS,
AND YE WATERS THAT BE ABOVE
THE HEAVENS.



PSALM 148:1-4
KJV



O LORD, OUR LORD,
HOW EXCELLENT IS YOUR NAME IN ALL THE EARTH,
WHO HAVE SET YOUR GLORY ABOVE THE HEAVENS!



PSALM 8:1
NKJV



SATISFY US IN THE MORNING WITH YOUR
UNFAILING LOVE,
SO WE MAY SING FOR JOY TO THE END
OF OUR LIVES.



PSALM 90:14
NLT



YOU WILL SHOW ME THE PATH OF LIFE;
IN YOUR PRESENCE IS FULLNESS OF JOY;
AT YOUR RIGHT HAND ARE PLEASURES
FOREVERMORE.



PSALM 16:11
NKJV



WHOEVER IS WISE
WILL REMEMBER THESE THINGS
AND WILL THINK ABOUT THE LOVE
OF THE LORD.



PSALM 107:43
NCV



TEACH US TO NUMBER OUR DAYS ARIGHT,
THAT WE MAY GAIN A HEART OF WISDOM.



PSALM 90:12
NIV



THE LORD LOOKS DOWN FROM HEAVEN ON HUMANKIND
TO SEE IF THERE ARE ANY WHO ARE WISE,
WHO SEEK AFTER GOD.



PSALM 14:2
NRSV



THE FEAR OF THE LORD IS THE BEGINNING OF WISDOM;
A GOOD UNDERSTANDING HAVE ALL THOSE WHO DO
HIS COMMANDMENTS;
HIS PRAISE ENDURES FOREVER.



PSALM 111:10
NAS