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The day that only springeth from on high, That high day-light wherein the heavens do live: The life that loves but to behold that eye Which doth the glory of all brightness give, And from the enlightened doth all darkness drive: Where saints do see, and angels know to see A brighter light than saints or angels see. In this light’s love, O, let me ever live! And let my soul have never other love But all the pleasures of this world to give, The smallest spark of such a joy to prove, And ever pray unto my God above, To grant my humble soul good Simeon’s grace, In love to see my Saviour in the face.
The day that only springeth from on high, That high day-light wherein the heavens do live: The life that loves but to behold that eye Which doth the glory of all brightness give, And from the enlightened doth all darkness drive: Where saints do see, and angels know to see A brighter light than saints or angels see. In this light’s love, O, let me ever live! And let my soul have never other love But all the pleasures of this world to give, The smallest spark of such a joy to prove, And ever pray unto my God above, To grant my humble soul good Simeon’s grace, In love to see my Saviour in the face.
In print by 1888 AD · industrial
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- Nicholas Breton (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 359 · printed citation: Nicholas Breton · subject: LIGHT
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