For Morning

Now hath arisen the star of day,
And with his rising let us pray,
That we throughout his course be freed
From sinful thought and hurtful deed.

O may the Lord our tongues restrain
From sounding strife, and converse vain:
And from His servants' eyesight hide
The toys of vanity and pride.

May He our inner thoughts make pure,
From sins presumptuous us secure;
Grant us to use such abstinence
As may subdue the things of sense.

That we, when night succeeds to-day,
And this bright sun hath past away,
Unspotted from the world may raise
To God, our Saviour, songs of praise.