Verse 1
O Light of life, O Saviour dear,
Before we sleep bow down Thine ear:
Through dark and day, o’er land and sea,
We have no other hope but Thee.
Verse 2
Oft from Thy royal road we part,
Lost in the mazes of the heart:
Our lamps put out, our course forgot,
We seek for God, and find Him not.
Verse 3
What sudden sunbeams cheer our sight!
What dawning risen upon the night!
Thou giv’st Thyself to us, and we
Find guide and path and all in Thee.
Verse 4
Through day and darkness, Saviour dear,
Abide with us, more nearly near;
Till on Thy face we lift our eyes,
The Sun of God’s own Paradise.
Verse 5
Praise God, our Maker and our Friend;
Praise Him through time, till time shall end;
Till psalm and song His Name adore
Through heaven’s great day of evermore.
Francis T. Palgrave, “O Light of Life, O Saviour Dear”