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  1. 1Thou lovely Source of true delight,
  2. Whom I unseen adore!
  3. Unvail thy beauties to my sight,
  4. That I may love thee more.
  5. 2Thy glory o'er creation shines;--
  6. But in thy sacred word,
  7. I read, in fairer, brighter lines,
  8. My bleeding, dying Lord.
  9. 3'Tis here, whene'er my comforts droop,
  10. And sin and sorrow rise,
  11. Thy love, with cheering beams of hope,
  12. My fainting heart supplies.
  13. 4But ah! too soon the pleasing scene
  14. Is clouded o'er with pain;
  15. My gloomy fears rise dark between,
  16. And I again complain.
  17. 5Jesus, my Lord, my life, my light!
  18. Oh, come with blissful ray;
  19. Break radiant through the shades of night,
  20. And chase my fears away.
  21. 6Then shall my soul with rapture trace
  22. The wonders of thy love:
  23. But the full glories of thy face
  24. Are only known above.

About this music

ST. ANNE — William Croft. Setting: composite found in "The Lutheran Hymnary", 1913.. The score is from the Open Hymnal Project, copied from 'The Lutheran Hymnary', 1913, Hymn 261. Arrangement is composite, first half from "Hymns Ancient and Modern", 1869, Hymn 231. ed William Henry Monk Second half is from "The Hymnal Companion to the Book of Common Prayer", 1890, Hymn 279. ed. Charles Vincent, D.J. Wood, John Stainer; music and setting are in the public domain. The words above are from the hymnal cited on the Book of God's word and Nature page.

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