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The triumph of music

a poem: in six cantos ... by William Hayley
  

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HYMN.

LORD! who hast call'd, with sovereign power,
The heart thy real throne
May I perceive thee every hour
Establish'd in my own!
Unstain'd, like glory's vital ray,
In scenes by seraphs trod,
Make thou the temple, day by day,
More worthy of the God!
Venusia.