How shall I sing that majesty
Which angels do admire?
Let dust in dust and silence lie;
Sing, sing, ye heavenly choir.
Thousands of thousands stand around
The throne, O God most high;
Ten thousand times ten thousand sound
Thy praise; but who am I?
Thy brightness unto them appears;
Whilst I Thy footsteps trace
A sound of God comes to my ears,
But they behold Thy face.
They sing becvause Thou art their sun;
Lord, send a beam on me;
For where heaven is but once begun
There hallelujahs be.
Enlighten with faith's light my heart,
Inflame it with love's fire;
Then shall I sing and bear a part
With that celestial choir.
I shall, I fear, be dark and cold,
With all my fire and light;
Yet when Thou dost accept their gold,
Lord, treasure up my mite.
How great a being, Lord, is Thine.,
Which doth all beings keep!
Thy knowledge is the only line
To sound so vast a deep.
Thou art a xsea without a shore,
A sun without a sphere;
Thy time is now and evermore,
Thy place is everywhere.
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