| Joseph Friedlander, comp. The Standard Book of Jewish Verse. 1917. | | | | The Light and Glory of the World | | By William Cowper |
| | | THE SPIRIT breathes upon the word, | |
| And brings the truth to sight; | |
| Precepts and promises afford | |
| A sanctifying light. | |
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| A glory gilds the sacred page, | 5 |
| Majestic like the sun; | |
| It gives a light to every age,— | |
| It gives, but borrows none. | |
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| The hand that gave it still supplies | |
| The gracious light and heat; | 10 |
| His truths upon the nations rise,— | |
| They rise, but never set. | |
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| Let everlasting thanks be thine, | |
| For such a bright display, | |
| As makes a world of darkness shine | 15 |
| With beams of heavenly day. | | | | |
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