Lyra Sacra Americana: or, Gems from American Sacred Poetry

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d101Leave me, dear ones, to my slumber
d102Let there be light, the eternal spoke
d103Licensed, to make the strong man weak
d104Lift not thou the wailing voice
d105Lift your glad voices in triumph on high
d106Light of the immortal father's glory
d107Light waits for us in heaven
d108Like Isr'l's hosts to exile driven
d109Like Noah's weary dove that soared the earth around
d110Live to do good, but not with thought to win
d111Lord, lead the way the [my] [our] Savior went
d112Lord, my weak thought in vain would climb
d113Lord of all being, throned afar
d114Lord, the shades of night surround us
d115Lord, who ordainest for mankind
d116Lord, with glowing heart I'd [I] [I'll] praise thee
d117Love for all and can it be
d118Mid the mad whirl of life
d119Mount up on high. as if on eagles' wings
d120My country, 'tis of thee, Sweet land of liberty
d121My faith looks up to thee, Thou Lamb of Calvary
d122My God, I thank thee, may no thought
d123My God, my Father, may I dare
d124No human eyes thy face may see
d125Not in the solitude Alone, may man commune
d126Not only doth the voiceful day
d127Not with silver not with gold
d128Now gird your patient loins again
d129Now on land and sea descending
d130O blessed Jesus, when I see thee bending
d131O bread to pilgrims given
d132O deem not that earth's crowning bliss
d133O deem not they are blest alone
d134O for the happy hour when God
d135O God, beneath thy [your] guiding hand
d136O heaven sweet heaven the home of the blest
d137O holy comforter I hear
d138O holy, holy, holy, Lord
d139O is there aught on earth to share
d140O Jesus, when I think of thee, thy manger
d141O Lord of hosts, almighty King
d142O Lord, thy work revive, In Zion's gloomy hour
d143O love divine, that [who] stooped [stoop'st] [stoops] to share
d144O Sacred Head now [once] [sore] wounded [surrounded]
d145O still in accents sweet and strong
d146O sweetly breathe the lyres above
d147O thou eternal viewless God
d148O thou, in whom alone is found
d149O thou to whom in ancient time
d150O thou who art above all height
d151O thou whose own vast temple stands
d152O walk with God, and thou shalt find
d153O'er Kedron's stream and Salem's height
d154One [A] sweetly [sweet] solemn thought comes to me o'er and o'er
d155Onward, onward, men of heaven
d156Onward, onward, though the region
d157Onward speed thy conquering flight
d158Perfect through sufferings, may it be
d159Pilgrims in this vale of sorrow
d160Planted in Christ, the living vine
d161Prayer is the dew of faith
d162Quiet Lord this trembling frame
d163Quietly rest in the arms of affection
d164Remember thy Creator, While youth's fair spring
d165Return, O wanderer, to thy home
d166Savior, happy would I be if I could but trust in Thee
d167Savior, [Say], who thy flock are [art] feeding
d168Shall we grow weary in our watch
d169She died yet is not dead
d170Since o'er thy footstool here below
d171Slowly, by thy [God's] hand unfurled
d172Softly fades the twilight ray
d173Softly now the light of day
d174Soldier, to the contest pressing
d175Songs in the night full oft are given
d176Sovereign and transforming grace
d177Stand up, stand up for Jesus, ye soldiers of the cross
d178Stealing from the world away
d179Still as our day our strength shall be
d180Still, still with thee, when purple morning breaketh
d181Still will we trust, though earth seem dark and dreary
d182Strangers no more we wildly rove
d183Tell me not, in mournful numbers
d184Thanks for the Sabbath's holy ray
d185That mystic word of thine, O sovereign Lord
d186The bud will soon become a flower
d187The Christian banner, dread no loss
d188The earth, all light and loveliness
d189The moon is up, how calm and slow
d190The morning light is breaking; the darkness disappears
d191The organ played sweet music
d192The Spirit in our hearts is whispering sinner come
d193There is a reaper whose name is death
d194There is an hour of peaceful rest
d195There is no change of time and place with thee
d196There is no flock, however watched and tended
d197There's a beautiful land by the spoiler untrod
d198They dread no storm that lowers
d199They who have kept their spirit's virgin whiteness
d200Thine holy day's returning

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