Wm. Kethe

I really like the sound here and the images they present.   It is an awesome verse   by Wm. Kethe, authored in c. 1560.

5  He groundeth the earth so firmly and fast,

That it once to move none shall have such pow'r
         The deep a fair cov'ring for it made thou hast,
         Which by its own nature the hills would devour. 
   6  But at thy rebuke the waters do flee,
      And so give due place thy word to obey:
         At thy voice of thunder so fearful they be,
         That in their great raging they haste soon away. 

Wm Kethe