One Hundred Holy Songs, Carols, and Sacred Ballads Original, and suitable for music [by Jean Ingelow] |
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FROM ISAIAH LXIV. |
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FROM ISAIAH LXIV.
“O that Thou wouldest rend the heavens.”
O that Thou would'st speak once more,
As in Salem town;
Ay, as with Thy seers Thou didst,
Lord of old renown;
O that Thou would'st rend the heavens—
That Thou would'st come down.
As in Salem town;
Ay, as with Thy seers Thou didst,
Lord of old renown;
O that Thou would'st rend the heavens—
That Thou would'st come down.
Lo, we wait, and yet wait on,
Resting in Thy word;
Eye of man hath not perceived,
Ear hath never heard;
Neither in the watchful heart
Hath that knowledge stirr'd:
Resting in Thy word;
Eye of man hath not perceived,
Ear hath never heard;
Neither in the watchful heart
Hath that knowledge stirr'd:
Lord of what Thou hast prepared,
Though full near it be
For Thy saints, in righteousness
Walking duteously,
Whom Thou goest forth to meet
In their search for Thee.
Though full near it be
For Thy saints, in righteousness
Walking duteously,
Whom Thou goest forth to meet
In their search for Thee.
They mourn all, “We are unclean,
Unto us the blame;
We do fade as fades the leaf,
Thou are still the same;
O, our Father, be not wroth,
Think upon Thy name.
Unto us the blame;
We do fade as fades the leaf,
Thou are still the same;
O, our Father, be not wroth,
Think upon Thy name.
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“For, Thou changeless, good, with Thee
Is continuance still,
And we shall be saved, though God
Die His heaven to fill.
In Thy hands we are as clay,
Work in us Thy will.
Is continuance still,
And we shall be saved, though God
Die His heaven to fill.
In Thy hands we are as clay,
Work in us Thy will.
“Yea, but come, O come again,
As to Salem town;
All Thy saints for Thee are faint,
Come, Creation's Crown.
O, that Thou would'st rend the heavens,
That Thou would'st come down.”
As to Salem town;
All Thy saints for Thee are faint,
Come, Creation's Crown.
O, that Thou would'st rend the heavens,
That Thou would'st come down.”
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