1. God’s Grandeur
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2. Out Loud It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
         It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
              It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
              Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
              Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
              And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
              And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil
              Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
            And for all this, nature is never spent;
            There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
            And though the last lights off the black West went
            Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --
            Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
            World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

3. According to the Punctuation
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil; It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.
Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod; And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent; There lives the dearest freshness deep down things; And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

4. According to the Outline
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
It gathers to greatness, like the ooze of oil Crushed.
Why do men then now not reck his rod?
Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil; And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell:
the soil Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
And for all this, nature is never spent;
There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
And though the last lights off the black West went Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --Because the Holy Ghost over the bent World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

5. By the Lines The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
         It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
              It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
              Crushed. Why do men then now not reck his rod?
              Generations have trod, have trod, have trod;
              And all is seared with trade; bleared, smeared with toil;
              And wears man's smudge & shares man's smell: the soil
              Is bare now, nor can foot feel, being shod.
            And for all this, nature is never spent;
            There lives the dearest freshness deep down things;
            And though the last lights off the black West went
            Oh, morning, at the brown brink eastward, springs --
            Because the Holy Ghost over the bent
            World broods with warm breast & with ah! bright wings.

6. By Looking at the Rhyming
God (1) Shod (8)
Foil (2) oil (3)
Rod (4) trod (5)
Toil (6) soil (7)
Spent (9) went (11) bent (13)
Things (10) springs (12) wings (14)

7. By its Alliterations Grandeur God Shining shook Gathers greatness
Ooze oil
Reck rod
Trod trod trod
Seared smeared
Wears man’s smudge shares man’s smell

8. By Its Alliterations Foot feel Nature never Deep down Last lights
West went
Brown brink
Because bent
broods breast bright
warm breast bright wings
bent world bright wings

9. By the Images Charged Light (Gen 1:3) Flame Out God’s throne (Dan 7:9)
Son…Eyes like flame of fire (Rev. 2:18)
God appears as a flame (Ex. 3:2)
Angel of Lord…flame of altar (Jud. 13:20)
Tongues of fire (Acts 2:1-4)

10. By the Images Ooze of Oil Gethsemane (Luke 22:42)
Cooking (I Kings 17:12-13)
Lighting Lamps (Ex. 27:20)
Anointing (Ps. 23:5)
Bounding Wounds (Luke 10:34)
Perfume (Luke 8:46)
Land of oil of olive (Deut 8:8)

11. By the Images Crushed Jesus sweat drops of blood (Lk 22:42-44)
Bruise head and bruise heal (Gen 3:15)
Rod
Rod from stem of Jessie (Is. 11:1-2)
Comfort (Ps. 23:4)

12. By the Images Trod Trade Toil Soil Foot Shod Nature Freshness
Deep Down
Morning
Bent
Holy Ghost Broods
Warm Breast
Bright Wings

13. By The # of Syllables
The / world / is / charged/ with/ the/ gran/ deur / of / God.
       
 It / will / flame/ out,/ like/ shi/ ning/ from/ shook/ foil;
              
It / ga/ thers/ to/ a/ great/ ness, / like / the / ooze / of / oil
Crushed. / Why / do / men / then / now / not/ reck / his / rod?
Ge/ ner/ a/ tions/ have / trod, / have/ trod, / have / trod;
And / all is seared/ with/ trade; / bleared, / smeared/ with/ toil;
           
And / wears / man's / smudge/ & / shares/ man's / smell: / the/ soil
             
Is/ bare / now,/ nor/ can/ foot/ feel,/ being/ shod.

14. According to the Stressed/Unstressed syllables
The world is charged with the grandeur of God.
x / x / x x / / x x
It will flame out, like shining from shook foil;
x x / x x / / x / x
It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil
x / / x x / / x x / x /
 It gathers to a greatness, like the ooze of oil

15. By Paraphrasing The world is filled with the God’s greatness.
It will flame out like the shinning of shaken foil.
It gathers like the greatness of the ooze of crushed oil.
Why do men now not recognize God’s blessing?
People have lived for many years, yet they
are worn out, tired, and dirtied from work;
They wear humanity’s dirty stain and share humanity’s unpleasant smell.
The soil is barren now, and their feet cannot feel because of their shoes.

16. By the Triangle of Thought
1 14 world world
2 13 Flame out bent
3 12 ooze of oil morning springs
4 11 Crushed lights off
5 10 Generation there lives
9 All all
7 8 wears shods

17. The Poem
God has revealed himself through his creation and the crucifixion of Jesus, yet people are still blinded to God. They are always pursuing God, trying to find him; they are tired and exhausted—covered in guilt and shame. They are, therefore, unable to save themselves nor are they able to personally experience God. But hope still exists. God is not finished. Hope exists in Jesus’ crucifixion, resurrection, and ascension.