LORD of earth! Thy forming hand | |
| Well this beauteous frame hath plann’d, | |
| Woods that wave, and hills that tower, | |
| Ocean rolling, in his power, | |
| All that strikes the gaze unsought, | 5 |
| All that charms the lonely thought, | |
| Friendship,—gem transcending price, | |
| Love,—a flower of paradise, | |
| Yet, amidst this scene so fair, | |
| Should I cease Thy smile to share, | 10 |
| What were all its joys to me; | |
| Whom have I on earth but Thee? | |
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| Lord of Heaven! beyond our sight | |
| Rolls a world of purer light; | |
| There, in love’s unclouded reign, | 15 |
| Parted hands shall clasp again; | |
| Martyrs there, and prophets high | |
| Blaze a glorious company; | |
| While immortal music rings | |
| From unnumbered seraph strings; | 20 |
| O! that world is passing fair; | |
| Yet if Thou were absent there, | |
| What were all its joys to me? | |
| Whom have I in heaven but Thee? | |
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| Lord of earth and heaven! my breast | 25 |
| Seeks in Thee its only rest; | |
| I was lost; Thy accents mild | |
| Homeward lured Thy wandering child. | |
| I was blind! Thy healing ray | |
| Charmed the long eclipse away; | 30 |
| Source of every joy I know | |
| Solace of my every woe, | |
| O if once Thy smile divine | |
| Ceased upon my soul to shine | |
| What were earth and heaven to me? | 35 |
| Whom have I in each but Thee? | |
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