[Music]
If I in thy likeness, O Lord, may awake,
And shine a pure image of thee;
Then I shall be satisfied when I can break
These fetters of flesh and be free.
I know this stain'd tablet must first be wash'd white,
To let thy bright features be drawn,
I know I must suffer the darkness of night,
To welcome the coming of dawn.
Then I shall be satisfied when I can cast
The shadows of nature all by,
When this cold dreary world from my vision is past,
And let this soul open her eye.
I gladly shall feel the blest morn drawing near,
When time's dreary fancy shall fade,
If then in thy likeness I may but appear,
I rise with thy beauty arrayed.
One more stanza of text in the _Revivalist_. The song is used "as sung
by Rev. G. C. Wells." It is reminiscent of the 'Henry Martin' tune;
see Gould and Sharp, _English Folk-Songs for Schools_, p. 22.
No. 149
EDGEFIELD, OSH 82