Hymnal: The Christian Hymnal
Date: 1871
Compiler: Under direction of the Christian Hymn-Book Committee
Publisher/Printer: Bosworth Chase & Hall
First Line: Oh could our thoughts and wishes fly
Topic: The New Life/Aspirations
Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
Composer: A Fillmore
Meter: CM
Tune: Going Home
Hymn Number: 587
Page Number: 213, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsOh could our thoughts 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 touch of thine
Our languid hearts inflame.