I love thee, Twilight! as thy shadows roll,
The calm of evening steals upon my soul,
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There is a calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found:
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A fountain issuing into light
Before a marble palace, threw
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Light as a flake of foam upon the wind,
Keel-upward from the deep emerged a shell,
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Sweet Sabbath of the year!
While evening lights decay,
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Welcome! welcome! little stranger,
Welcome to my lone retreat,
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Rosy red the hills appear
With the light of morning,
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Thee will I praise, O Lord, in light,
Where seraphim surround thy throne;
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The God of nature and of grace
In all His works appears;
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There is a calm for those who weep,
A rest for weary pilgrims found:
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I saw thee young and beautiful,
I saw thee rich and gay,
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The flash at midnight! - 'twas a light
That gave the blind a moment's sight
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Night is the time for rest;
How sweet, when labors close,
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To Thy temple I repair;
Lord, I love to worship there
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One prayer I have -- all prayers in one, --
When I am wholly thine;
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Lord God, the Holy Ghost,
In this accepted hour,
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What secret hand at morning light,
By stealth unseals mine eye,
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O Spirit of the living God,
In all Thy plenitude of grace,
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There is a land, of every land the pride,
Beloved by heaven, o'er all the world beside;
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All ye nations, praise the Lord,
All ye lands your voices raise;
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Sow in the morn thy seed,
At eve hold not thy hand;
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How precious are thy thoughts of peace,
O God! to me; how great their sum!
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Songs of praise the angels sang,
Heav’n with alleluias rang,
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The Lord is my Shepherd, no want shall I know;
I feed in green pastures, safe folded I rest;
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When Jesus left His Father’s throne,
He chose a humble birth;
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Servants of God, in joyful lays,
Sing ye the Lord Jehovah’s praise;
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From heaven descend the drops of dew,
From heaven the gracious showers,
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The bird that soars on highest wing
Builds on the ground her lowly nest;
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Sweet was the scene! apart the cedars stood.
A sunny islet open'd in the wood;
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Thank and Praise Jehovah’s Name;
For His mercies, firm and sure,
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