The Sanctuary A Companion in Verse for the English Prayer Book. By Robert Montgomery |
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6. Prayer for Mercy.
“That it may please Thee to have mercy on all men.”
—Prayer Book.
Adorable! yet unadored
Too oft is Thy transcendent Name,
O Thou! at Whose creative Word
Forth sprang this universal Frame.
Too oft is Thy transcendent Name,
O Thou! at Whose creative Word
Forth sprang this universal Frame.
Yet, mercy art Thou, measureless,
Beyond all span of thought to reach;
And through the Earth's vast diocess
Ten thousand Tongues that mercy preach.
Beyond all span of thought to reach;
And through the Earth's vast diocess
Ten thousand Tongues that mercy preach.
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Bright Orator, the burning sun
Whose rays are eloquent of Thee
And symbolise that righteous One
Who brightens dark eternity,—
Whose rays are eloquent of Thee
And symbolise that righteous One
Who brightens dark eternity,—
Pale Vestal of the placid sky
Encircled with each nun-like star
Whose throbbing radiance fills the eye
Which museth on it, faint and far,—
Encircled with each nun-like star
Whose throbbing radiance fills the eye
Which museth on it, faint and far,—
These, with all the choral throng
Which make yon firmamental lyre,
Harp to the saintly Mind a song
Whose tones celestial truths inspire.
Which make yon firmamental lyre,
Harp to the saintly Mind a song
Whose tones celestial truths inspire.
Thus, Ocean with her chime of waves,
Meadow, and fruit, and wood-born flower,
Each lends a voice, whose meaning saves
The heart from ev'ry creedless hour.
Meadow, and fruit, and wood-born flower,
Each lends a voice, whose meaning saves
The heart from ev'ry creedless hour.
Yet, faintly such reveal Thy Name,
Though whisper'd forth by sea, and air:
For God alone can God proclaim,
And pardon guilt by answer'd prayer.
Though whisper'd forth by sea, and air:
For God alone can God proclaim,
And pardon guilt by answer'd prayer.
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