Come to me, Lord, when first I wake

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.

Cme 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 cease to play

Then, Saviour, bid me come to Thee

That where Thou art, Thy child may be.