But O! our feeble strains of praise

But O! Our feeble strains of praise,
How short of thee they fall!
Let angels stronger voices raise,
To hymn the Lord of all:
Thou challengest the loftiest song
Of that celestial host;
Yet still thy majesty they wrong,
When they exalt it most.

Hymnal/Album: Originally titled “Blessed be thy glorious name, which is exalted above all blessing and praise.”—[Nehemiah] ix. 5. Introduced in Charles Wesley, Short Hymns on Select Passages of the Holy Scriptures, Vol. 1 (Bristol: Farley, 1762). Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 225.
Publishing: Public Domain