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E ' en Solomon ' s most gorgeous vanities , Are far less fair than these . "
Chorus . We are the lilies of the vale , For us the sheep no fleecy wool hath given ; Ours is the gospel tale , Clad are we by the unseen hand of heaven . Third Voice . What are the deeds that srratitude demands ?
We have no wealth—alas ! no power have we—But silent we lift up our little hands To thee—O God ! to thee . Thine , is the beneficence—Thine be the recompense ! Second Voice . Can Kings do more with all their mightiness ,
For those who have such blessings here supplied ? Bless , then , and help our tongues to praise and bless—Praise passing through young lips is purified . Fourth Voice . Blessed is he for whom another bears The prayer to heaven above ; God sends from heaven , to meet an orphans prayers , More than an orphan ' s love .
Fifth Voice . Prayer is that white and unpolluted thing , Which , to the Almighty ' s throne , Man on a snowy tablature must bring In vessels pure alone . Come not with rusty copper , for the skies Will welcome nor impurity nor art ; From gold and crystal should your incense rise—The purest vessel is an infant's heart . Sixth Voice t How oft our vows in fruitless breathings fall ! But borne from other lips aspiringly , Like a voice heard in some sonorous hall ,
Echoed —re-echoed back from wall to wall , It sounds , spreads , strengthens to eternity . Seventh Voice . 'Tis the rays of lovely light From the prism that sparkling fly , Brighter—as their glory bright Plays upon the brightening eye .
Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1830, page 157, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2582/page/13/