How wonderful this world of ThinenA fragment of a fiery sunnHow lovely and how smallnWhere all things serve Thy great designnand life’s adventure has begunnnHow wonderful this worldnA fragment of a fiery sunnHow lovely and how smallnThe smallest seed in secret growsnThrusting upward and so soonnThe bidding of the lightnnThe bud unfurls into a rosenThe wings within the white cocoonnare perfected for flightnThe migrant bird in winter flednshall come again with springnand build in this same shady treennHow wonderful this lifenNo random path, this great designnHow fragile and how boldnthe mystery of creative thoughtnThe wonder of the human framenof spirit and of soulnnWhen life within the nidus wakesnThe formless taking shape unfoldsnHow complex and how strangenThe heart created free to choosenThe quintessential breath is givennIn love’s own image born