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I: How blest thy creature is, God, / When, with a single eye, / He views the lustre of thy word --
The day-spring from on high!
II: Through all the storms that veil the skies, / And frown on earthly things, / The Sun of Righteousness he eyes, / With healing on his wings.
III: Struck by that light, the human heart, / A barren soil no more, / Sends the sweet smell of grace abroad, / Where serpents lurk'd before.
IV: The soul, a dreary province once / Of Satan's dark domain, / Feels a new empire form'd within, / And owns a heav'nly reign.
V: The glorious orb, whose golden beams / The fruitful year control, / Since first, obedient to thy word, / He started from the goal, / VI: Has cheer'd the nations with the joys / His orient rays impart:
But, Jesus, 'tis thy light alone / Can shine upon the heart.