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The Library of the World’s Best Literature. An Anthology in Thirty Volumes. 1917.
From Bobrov—The Golden Palace
By Sir John Bowring (1792–1872)
From ‘Specimens of the Russian Poets’
[Sung at midnight in the Greek churches the last week before Easter.]
[Sung at midnight in the Greek churches the last week before Easter.]
T
Tow’ring above the clouds I see
Beyond the cherubs’ bright abode,
Higher than angels’ thoughts can be:
How can I in those courts appear
Without a wedding garment on?
Conduct me, Thou life-giver, there;
Conduct me to Thy glorious throne:
And clothe me with thy robes of light,
And lead me through sin’s darksome night,
My Savior and my God!