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1 Now while the day in trailing splendor
gives way to glories of the night,
thanksgiving to thy name we render,
O God of darkness and of light.
Each day from thee we have our being,
in all this wondrous order set;
thine omnipresence blinds our seeing,
and in thy gifts we thee forget.
2 Touch thou our eyes, their blindness healing,
till all this common earth and air
to our illumined sight and feeling
thy glory and thyself declare;
till storied marvel, sign, and token,
all pale before the nearer thought
of such vast miracles unbroken
from hour to hour around us brought.
Source: Singing the Living Tradition #45
First Line: | Now while the day in trailing splendor |
Author: | Frederick Lucian Hosmer (1902) |
Meter: | 9.8.9.8 D |
Language: | English |
Copyright: | Public Domain |
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