NOW LET US SEE THY BEAUTY, LORD

[1]
Now let us see thy beauty, Lord,
as we have seen before,
and by thy beauty quicken us
to love thee and adore.

[2]
'Tis easy when with simple mind
thy loveliness we see
to consecrate ourselves afresh
to duty and to thee.

[3]
Our every feverish mood is cooled,
and gone is every load,
when we can lose the love of self
and find the love of God.

[4]
'Tis by thy loveliness we're won
to home and thee again,
and as we are thy children true
we are more truly men.

[5]
Lord, it is coming to ourselves
when thus we come to thee;
the vision of that loveliness
is perfect liberty.

[6]
So now we come to ask again
what thou hast often given,
the vision of that loveliness
which is the life of heaven.