Religion

Hymn for the Morning

by Thomas Flatman 1635–1688

From Poems and Songs (1686)

Religion

Awake, my soul! Awake, mine eyes!
Awake, my drowsy faculties;
Awake, and see the new-born light
Spring from the darksome womb of Night!
Look up and see th' unwearied Sun,
Already hath his race begun:
The pretty lark is mounted high,
And sings her matins in the sky.
Arise, my soul! and thou my voice
In songs of praise, early rejoice!
O Great Creator! Heavenly King!
Thy praises let me ever sing!
Thy power has made, Thy goodness kept
This fenceless body while I slept,
Yet one day more hast given me
From all the powers of darkness free:
O keep my heart from sin secure,
My life unblameable and pure,
That when the last of all my days is come,
Cheerful and fearless I may wait my doom.

MLA

Flatman, Thomas. “Hymn for the Morning.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/8/.

Chicago

Flatman, Thomas. “Hymn for the Morning.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/flatman/8/.

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