A HYMN FOR THE KIRK. Joanna Baillie 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. Baillie, Joanna, 1762-1851. Fugitive Verses. By Joanna Baillie, author of “Dramas on the Passions,“ etc. London Edward Moxon, Dover Street. MDCCCXL. 1840 pp. 402-403.

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A HYMN FOR THE KIRK . O LORD of earth and Heaven , Whose love and power have given The solid ground and floating air And circling ocean , regions fair , To be the home of moving life , The busy seats of joy and strife , — To thee with fear and love we raise A song of praise . How many links there be To bind man's heart to thee ! Affections of the human breast For children , kindred , friend and guest ; Yea , those in generous minds that flow From virtues of a noble foe ! All form a woven mystic cord , — Thy bands , O Lord . Thy streaming rays of love , That glow in Heaven above , And draw the ransomed soul to thee , And set it from low thraldom free . As the snared bird , when loosened , flies On out-spread pinions to the skies , With love that conquers fear , we raise Our song of praise .