| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | | I. Afternoon Hymn (“The radiant morn”) | | By Godfrey Thring (1823–1894) |
| | | THE RADIANT morn hath passed away, | |
| And spent too soon her golden store; | |
| The shadows of departing day | |
| Creep on once more. | |
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| Our life is but an autumn day, | 5 |
| Its glorious noon how quickly past;— | |
| Lead us, O Christ, Thou Living Way, | |
| Safe Home at last. | |
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| Oh! by Thy soul-inspiring grace | |
| Uplift our hearts to realms on High; | 10 |
| Help us to look to that Bright Place | |
| Beyond the sky;— | |
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| Where Light, and Life, and Joy, and Peace | |
| In undivided empire reign, | |
| And thronging angels never cease | 15 |
| Their deathless strain;— | |
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| Where saints are clothed in spotless white, | |
| And evening shadows never fall, | |
| Where Thou, Eternal Light of Light, | |
| Art Lord of all. | 20 | | | |
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