by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 - 1879)
Adoration
Language: English
O Master, at Thy feet I bow in rapture sweet! Before me, as in darkening glass, Some glorious outlines pass, Of love, and truth, and holiness, and power; I own them Thine, O Christ, and bless Thee for this hour. O full of truth and grace, Smile of Jehovah's face, O tenderest heart of love untold! Who may Thy praise unfold? Thee, Saviour, Lord of lords and King of kings, Well may adoring seraphs hymn with veiling wings. I have no words to bring Worthy of Thee, my King, And yet one anthem in Thy praise I long, I long to raise; The heart is full, the eye entranced above, But words all melt away in silent awe and love. How can the lip be dumb, The hand all still and numb, When Thee the heart doth see and own Her Lord and God alone? Tune for thyself the music of my days, And open thou my lips that I may show Thy praise. Yea, let my whole life be One anthem unto Thee, And let the praise of lip and life Outring all sin and strife. O Jesus, Master! be Thy name supreme For heaven and earth the one, the grand, the eternal theme.
Authorship:
- by Frances Ridley Havergal (1836 - 1879), "Adoration", written 1866, appears in The Poetical Works of Frances Ridley Havergal, New York: E.P. Dutton Company, page 78, first published 1888 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):
- by Frances Allitsen (1848 - 1912), "Adoration", subtitle: "Sacred song", published 1907 [ voice and organ ad libitum ], London and New York: Boosey & Co. [sung text not yet checked]
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