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Hymns, for the Amusement of Children

Embellished with Cuts [by Christopher Smart]
Smart, Christopher (1722-1771)
  
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APPENDIX TO THE HYMNS for CHILDREN.

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HYMN I. KNOWLEDGE of GOD.

I

Shine forth, eternal Source of Light,
And make thy glories known;
Fill my enlarg'd, adoring sight
With lustre all thine own.

II

Vain are the charms, and faint the rays
The brightest creatures boast;
And all their grandeur and their praise
Are in thy presence lost.
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III

To know the Author of our frame
Is our sublimest skill:
True science is to read thy Name,
True life t'obey thy will.

IV

For this I long, for this I pray,
And following on, pursue,
Till visions of eternal day
Fix and complete the view.
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