Come to me Lord, when first I wake.
"When will Thou come unto me". -Ps 102:2
VERSE 1
Come to me, Lord, when first I wake,
As the faint light of morning break;
Bid purest thoughts within me rise,
Like crystal dew-drops to the skies.
VERSE 2
Come to me in the saultry noon,
Or earth's low communings will soon;
For Thy dear face, eclipse the light,
And change my fairest day to night.
VERSE 3
Come to me in my 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.
VERSE 4
Come to me in the midnight hour,
When sleep withhold it's balmy pow'r;
Let my lone spirit find her rest,
Like John, upon my saviour's breast.
VERSE 5
Come to me through life's varied way
And when it's pulses cease to play,
Then, saviour, bid me come to Thee,
That where Thou art, Thy child may be.