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�Thou wast, O God, and thou was blest
Before the world begun;
Of thine eternity possest
Before time�s glass did run.
Thou needest none thy praise to sing,
As if thy joy could fade:
Couldst thou have needed any thing,
Thou couldst have nothing made.
�Great and good God, it pleaseth thee
Thy Godhead to declare;
And what thy goodness did decree,
Thy greatness did prepare:
Thou spak�st, and heaven and earth appeared,
And answered to thy call;
As if their Maker�s voice they Heard,
Which is the creature�s All.
�Thou spak�st the word, most mighty Lord;
Thy word went forth with speed:
Thy will, O Lord, it was thy word;
Thy word is was thy deed.
Thou brought�st forth Adam from the ground,
And Eve out of his side:
Thy blessing made the earth abound
With these two multiplied
�Thou three great leaves, heaven, sea, and land,
Thy name is figures show;
Brutes feel the bounty of thy hand,
But I my Maker know.
Should not I here thy servant be,
Whose creatures serve me here?
My Lord, whom should I fear but thee,
Who am thy creatures� fear?
�To whom, Lord, should I sing but thee,
The Maker of my tongue?
Lo! other lords would seize on me,
But I to thee belong,
As waters haste unto their sea,
And earth unto its earth,
So let my soul return to thee,
From whom it had its birth.
�But, ah! I�m fallen in the night,
And cannot come to thee:
yet speak the word, �Let there be light,�
It shall enlighten me.
And let thy word, most mighty Lord,
Thy fallen creature raise:
Oh! make me o�er again, and I
Shall sing my Maker�s praise.�
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8 6 8 6 D (D.C.M.)
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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| 1925 | # 382 | | 1931 | # 675 |
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