Lancelot Andrewes · 25 of 61

Introduction

O GOD, Thou art my God, early will I seek Thee. Blessed art Thou, O Lord, who gatheredst the water into the sea, and broughtest to sight the earth, and madest to sprout herb and fruit‑tree. There are the depths and the sea as on an heap, lakes, rivers, springs; earth, continent, and isles, mountains, hills, and valleys; glebe, meadows, glades, green pasture, corn, and hay; herbs and flowers for food, enjoyment, medicine; fruit‑trees bearing wine, oil, and spices, and trees for wood; and things beneath the earth, stones, metals, minerals, coal, blood and fire, and vapour of smoke.