Poems (Toke)/Morning hymn

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MORNING HYMN.
FOR A LITTLE CHILD.
O LORD! another night is past,The cheerful morning come at last;And safely kept from every ill,I wake in health to praise Thee still.
Thine angels have been round my bed,And watched beside my sleeping head;O let them guard me through this day,And every danger ward away.
Lord, look on me Thy lowly child,Oh! make me gentle, good, and mild;A guileless spirit, trusting heart,And truthful tongue to me impart.
Help me to love, with honour due,My father and my mother too;And all their least commands this dayWithout a murmuring thought obey.
So when again dark night is near,I may lie down without a fear;Breathe forth to Thee my simple prayer,And sleep in peace beneath Thy care.
E.

Barns'on, August 21, 1842,

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