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| Text: | The Hour of Prayer |
| Author: | Anonymous |
It is the hour of prayer:
Draw near and bend the knee,
And fill the calm and holy air
With voice of melody!
O’erwearied with the heat
And burden of the day,
Now let us rest our wandering feet,
And gather here to pray.
The dark and deadly blight
That walks at noontide hour,
The midnight arrow’s secret flight,
O’er us have had no power:
But smiles from loving eyes
Have been around our way,
And lips on which a blessing lies
Have bidden us to pray.
O, blessed is the hour
That lifts our hearts on high!
Like sunlight when the tempests lower,
Prayer to the soul is nigh;
Though dark may be our lot,
Our eyes be dim with care,
These saddening thoughts shall trouble not
This holy hour of prayer.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | It is the hour of prayer |
| Title: | The Hour of Prayer |
| Author: | Anonymous |
| Meter: | S. M. |
| Language: | English |
| Publication Date: | 1866 |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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