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Enthroned amidst the worlds of light, Jehovah rules the realms of bliss; Yet bends to scenes of earthly night, To such a house of pain as this! The glories of the heavenly plains Hide not one mourner from his eye, Nor can the seraphs’ loudest strains Drown, by their sound, the faintest sigh. Oh Prayer! thou mine of things unknown, Who can be poor possessing thee? Thou wert a fount of joy alone, Better than worlds of gold could be. Were I bereft of all beside, That bears the form or name of bliss, I yet were rich, what will betide, If God, in mercy, leave me this.
Enthroned amidst the worlds of light, Jehovah rules the realms of bliss; Yet bends to scenes of earthly night, To such a house of pain as this! The glories of the heavenly plains Hide not one mourner from his eye, Nor can the seraphs’ loudest strains Drown, by their sound, the faintest sigh. Oh Prayer! thou mine of things unknown, Who can be poor possessing thee? Thou wert a fount of joy alone, Better than worlds of gold could be. Were I bereft of all beside, That bears the form or name of bliss, I yet were rich, what will betide, If God, in mercy, leave me this.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Edmeston (identity unresolved)
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- In print by 1888 AD · industrial
In print by 1888: recorded in A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888). Collection publication is an upper bound for this wording, not its earliest origin, composition date or the author's lifetime.
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 457 · printed citation: Edmeston · subject: PRAYER
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