English poem
Hymn CCLXXXVIII. Common Metre. Looking at Things Unseen
by Anonymous
Why should the world's alluring toys Detain our hearts and eyes; Regardless of immortal joys And strangers to the skies!
These transient scenes will soon decay, They fade upon the sight; And quickly will their brighter day Be lost in endless night.
Their brightest day! alas, how vain! With conscious sighs we own; Whilst clouds of sorrow, care and pain O'ershade the smiling noon.
O could our tho'ts and wishes fly Above these gloomy shades, To those bright worlds beyond the sky Which sorrow ne'er invades.
There joys unseen by mortal eyes Or reason's feeble ray, In ever blooming prospect rise Unconscious of decay.
Lord send a beam of light divine To guide our upward aim, With one reviving ray of thine Our languid hearts inflame.
Then shall on faith's sublimest wing Our ardent wishes rise, To those bright scenes where pleasures spring Immortal in the skies.
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