Hymn 5
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake
Meter: L.M.
1
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake,
As the faint lights of morning break;
Bid purest thoughts within me rise,
Like crystal dew-drops to the skies.
2
Come to me in the sultry noon,
Or earth’s low communing will soon
Of thy dear face, eclipse the light,
And change my fairest day to night.
3
Come to me in the evening shade,
And if my heart from thee hath strayed,
Oh bring it back, and from afar
Smile on me like thine ev’ning star.
4
Come to me in the midnight hour,
When sleep withholds its balmy pow’r;
Let my lone spirit find her rest,
Like John, upon my Saviour’s breast.
5
Come to me through life’s varied way,
And when its pulses ceases to play,
Then, Saviour, bid me come to thee,
That where thou art, thy child may be.