A MORNING SONG.
Come let us up, arise, arise ! Night's course is fully run. The floVrets with their painted eyes. Look up to greet the sun. The dew upon the meads doth lie, From crystal skies let fall, A diamond drop in every eye, But not one tear in all. Now lift we up our hearts to Heaven, Lift up your hearts on high ; To God let morning thoughts be given That days may well go by. From many a darksome pool and slough The dews were gathered up, That brightly on the meadows show And deck the flow'rets cup. They rose from marsh and stagnant well, Forsaking slime and stain, Then purified to earth they fell And gladdened all the plain. So be our thoughts uplift on high, That cleansed from earthly strife Their brightness on our path may lie And glad our daily life. Come let us up, arise, arise ! Night's course is fully run, The warbling lark ascends the skies, All nature greets the sun.
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New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 181, 15 September 1876, Page 6
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168A MORNING SONG. New Zealand Tablet, Volume IV, Issue 181, 15 September 1876, Page 6
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