| Alfred H. Miles, ed. The Sacred Poets of the Nineteenth Century. 1907. | | | The Holy Year (1862).
II. “O Lord of heaven” | | By Christopher Wordsworth (1807–1885) |
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O LORD of heaven, and earth, and sea, | |
| To Thee all praise and glory be; | |
| How shall we show our love to Thee, | |
| Giver of all? | |
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| The golden sunshine, vernal air, | 5 |
| Sweet flowers and fruits Thy Love declare, | |
| When harvests ripen, Thou art there, | |
| Giver of all! | |
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| For peaceful homes, and healthful days, | |
| For all the blessings Earth displays, | 10 |
| We owe Thee thankfulness and praise, | |
| Giver of all! | |
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| Thou didst not spare Thine only Son, | |
| But gav’st Him for a world undone, | |
| And e’en that gift Thou dost outrun, | 15 |
| And give us all! | |
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| Thou giv’st the Spirit’s blessèd dower, | |
| Spirit of life, and love, and power, | |
| And dost His sevenfold graces shower | |
| Upon us all. | 20 |
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| For souls redeem’d, for sins forgiven, | |
| For means of grace, and hopes of heaven, | |
| Father, what can to Thee be given, | |
| Who givest all? | |
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| We lose what on ourselves we spend, | 25 |
| We have as treasure without end | |
| Whatever, Lord, to Thee we lend, | |
| Who givest all. | |
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| Whatever, Lord, we lend to Thee, | |
| Repaid a thousandfold will be; | 30 |
| Thus gladly will we give to Thee, | |
| Giver of all; | |
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| To Thee, from whom we all derive | |
| Our life, our gifts, our power to give; | |
| O may we ever with Thee live, | 35 |
| We give Thee all! | | | | |
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