Religion
A Morning Hymn
From A Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741) · Osborn ed., vol. 2 (1869)
We lift our hearts to Thee,
O Day-star from on high!
The sun itself is but Thy shade,
Yet cheers both earth and sky.
O, let Thy orient beams
The night of sin disperse;
The mists of error and of vice
Which shade the universe!
How beauteous nature now!
How dark and sad before!
With joy we view the pleasing change,
And nature's God adore.
O, may no gloomy crime
Pollute the rising day!
Or Jesu's blood, like evening dew,
Wash all the stains away.
May we this life improve,
To mourn for errors past,
And live this short-revolving day
As if it were our last.
To God the Father, Son,
And Spirit, One and Three,
Be glory, as it was, is now,
And shall for ever be.
Codex Note
From John Wesley's Collection of Psalms and Hymns (1741); Osborn reprints it as possibly Wesley's own, the volume being John Wesley's work
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MLA
Wesley, John. “A Morning Hymn.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_j/26/.
Chicago
Wesley, John. “A Morning Hymn.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/wesley_j/26/.
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