Verse 1

NOW let us see Thy beauty, Lord, As we have seen before; And by Thy beauty quicken us To love Thee and adore.

Verse 2

’Tis easy when with simple mind Thy loveliness we see, To consecrate ourselves afresh To duty and to Thee.

Verse 3

Our every feverish mood is cooled, And gone is every load, When we can lose the love of self, And find the love of God.

Verse 4

’Tis by Thy loveliness we’re won To home and Thee again, And as we are Thy children true We are more truly men.

Verse 5

Lord, it is coming to ourselves When thus we come to Thee; The bondage of Thy loveliness Is perfect liberty.

Verse 6

So now we come to ask again What Thou hast often given, The vision of that loveliness Which is the life of heaven.

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