MORNING HYMN. Eliza Day Alexander Huber Editor Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
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Oxford This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported License. T132359 Daye, Eliza, b. ca. 1734. Poems, on Various Subjects. Liverpool Printed by J. M'Creery 1798 pp. [241]-242. [2],x,[4],258p.; 8°

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MORNING HYMN . AGAIN I wake , Almighty Lord , Collect my thoughts , and call on thee ; Who hast my thinking powers restor'd , And in thy mercy guarded me . To thought and action I revive , And leave , with strength renew'd , my bed ; From that defenceless state I live , Which was the image of the dead . Distant from me was every harm , When I had been an easy prey ; But Lord , 'twas thine Almighty arm Kept death and danger far away . This day , may I securely pass , Protected by Almighty power ; Nor sin , or sorrow , find a place , Nor evil tidings meet my door . Then be the guardian of my sleep , This day my all-sufficient guide , And aid me right my heart to keep , Howe'er its tempted or is tried . The joyful or afflicting scene , Goodness or wisdom shall prepare ; So may my thoughts by thee be seen , That blameless I may either share .