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Great Lord of time! Great King of Heav’n, Since weekly Thou renew’st my days, To Thee shall daily thanks be giv’n, And weekly sacrifice of praise. This day the light, time’s eldest born, Her glorious beams did first display, And then the evening and the morn Did first obtain the name of day. Discretion grant me so to know What Sabbath-rites Thou dost require, And grace my duty so to do, That I may keep Thy law entire.
Great Lord of time! Great King of Heav’n, Since weekly Thou renew’st my days, To Thee shall daily thanks be giv’n, And weekly sacrifice of praise. This day the light, time’s eldest born, Her glorious beams did first display, And then the evening and the morn Did first obtain the name of day. Discretion grant me so to know What Sabbath-rites Thou dost require, And grace my duty so to do, That I may keep Thy law entire.
Approximate author period: c. 1627 AD · renaissance
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- George Wither
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- Approximate author period: c. 1627 AD · renaissance
author lifetime midpoint (1588–1667)
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- A Cyclopædia of Sacred Poetical Quotations (catalogued1888) (1888 AD)
Page 509 · printed citation: George Wither · subject: SABBATH
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