Hymnal: The Christian Psalmist
Date: 1850
Compiler: Silas W Leonard and A D Fillmore
Publisher/Printer: S W Leonard
First Line: Gentle Nature heavenly fair
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Writer: <no first name given> <no last name given>
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Meter: four lines 7s
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Page Number: 336, click to see hymnal pages
LyicsGENTLE Nature, heavenly fair!
O! how sweet thy pleasures are!
In thy presence while I stay,
As a stream, time glides away.
Here I would serenely rest,
By now worldly cares opprest;
Tasting what sublime repose,
He who slights thee never knows.
Let me in thy beauties trace
Him who lends thee every grace;
While my thoughts rise to his throne,
Thy great Parent and my own!
When his glories in thee shine,
Then thy face is all divine;
Like a mirror beaming bright,
With a soft, celestial light.
Fount of light! I look to thee!
Smile on nature-smile on me!
Let thy humble suppliant know
Paradise revived below.