The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4802

4802. O for a Glance of Heavenly Day

1. O for a glance of heavenly day,
To take this stubborn heart away,
And thaw, with beams of love divine,
This heart, this frozen heart of mine.

2. The rocks can rend; the earth can quake;
The seas can roar; the mountains shake:
Of feeling, all things show some sign,
But this unfeeling heart of mine.

3. To hear the sorrows Thou hast felt,
O Lord, an adamant would melt:
But I can read each moving line,
And nothing moves this heart of mine.

4. Thy judgments, too, which devils fear—
Amazing thought! unmoved I hear;
Goodness and wrath in vain combine
To stir this stupid heart of mine.

5. But something yet can do the deed;
And that dear something much I need:
Thy Spirit can from dross refine,
And move and melt this heart of mine.

Text Information

• First Line: O for a glance of heavenly day
• Title: O for a Glance of Heavenly Day
• Author: Joseph Hart (1762)
• Meter: LM
• Language: English
• Source: Supplement of Hart's Hymns, 1762
• Copyright: Public Domain

Tune Information

• Name: HURSLEY
• Meter: LM
• Incipit: 11117 12321 33332
• Key: F Major
• Source: Ka­thol­isch­es Ge­sang­buch (Vi­en­na: 1774); adapt­ed from the Me­tric­al Psal­ter, 1855
• Copyright: Public Domain