The Cyber Hymnal ‎#4853

4853. O God, I Cried, No Dark Disguise

1. O God, I cried, no dark disguise
Can e’er hereafter hide from me
Thy radiant identity, Thy radiant identity!
I know the path that tells the way
Thro’ the cool eve of every day.
God, I can push the grass apart
And lay my finger on Thy heart.

2. The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky—
No higher than the soul is high.
The heart can push the sea and land
Farther away on either hand;
The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine thro’.

Text Information

• First Line: O God, I cried, no dark disguise
• Title: O God, I Cried, No Dark Disguise
• Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay (1917)
• Meter: LMD
• Language: English
• Source: Renascence and Other Poems, 1917, alt.
• Copyright: Public Domain
• Notes: Alternate tune: HE LEADETH ME, William B. Bradbury, Golden Censer (New York: 1864)

Tune Information

• Name: CREATION
• Composer: Franz Josef Haydn (1798)
• Meter: LMD
• Incipit: 51122 31617 56712
• Key: A♭ Major
• Copyright: Public Domain