Can you count the stars that brightly
twinkle in the midnight sky?
Can you count the clouds, so lightly
o’er the meadows floating by?
God, the Lord, doth mark their number,
with His eyes that never slumber;
He hath made them everyone.
Can you count the wings now flashing
in the sunshine’s golden light?
Can you count the fish splashing
in the cooling waters bright?
God, the Lord, a name hath given,
to all creatures under Heaven;
He hath named them everyone.
Do you know how many children
rise each morning blithe and gay?
Can you count their jolly voices,
singing sweetly day by day?
God hears all the happy voices,
in their merry songs rejoices;
and He loves them, every one.
Credits
Ririro is the in-house pen name for original and adapted works published on Ririro.com, a free online library of stories and poems for children. This nursery rhyme follows the tradition of 19th-century devotional verse for children, weaving nature imagery with themes of divine care across its three quietly reassuring stanzas.
