CHRIST, whose glory fills the skies, Christ, the true, the only light, Sun of righteousness, arise, Triumph o'er the shades of night: Day-spring from on high, be near: Day-star in my heart appear. Dark and cheerless is the morn Unaccompanied by thee, Joyless is the day's return, Till thy mercy's beams I see; Till they inward light impart, Glad my eyes, and warm my heart. Visit then this soul of mine, Pierce the gloom of sin and grief, Fill me, radiancy divine, Scatter all my unbelief, More and more thyself display, Shining to the perfect day. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO THE LADY IN THE CHIMSETTE WITH BLACK BUTTONS by NATHANIEL PARKER WILLIS SEVEN SAD SONNETS: 7. THEY MEET AGAIN by MARY REYNOLDS ALDIS TITA'S TEARS; A FANTASY by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH PEARLS OF THE FAITH: 84. DHU'L JADAL WA'L IKRAM by EDWIN ARNOLD BACCHANALIA; OR, THE NEW AGE by MATTHEW ARNOLD WORLDLY PLACE by MATTHEW ARNOLD |