Hymn: Hath not thy heart within thee burned
- Title:
- First Line: Hath not thy heart within thee burned
- Hymnal: A Book of Hymns for Public and Private Devotion (15th ed.)
- Denomination: Unitarians and Universalists
- Publisher: Ticknor and Fields
- Publication Date: 1866
Author(s)
- Author Name: Stephen Greenleaf Bulfinch
- Born: 1809
- Died: 1870
- Gender: M
Full Text
Hath not thy heart within thee burned At evening's calm and holy hour, As if its inmost depths discerned The presence of a loftier power? Hast thou not heard 'mid forest glades, While ancient rivers murmured by, A voice from forth the eternal shades, That spake a present Deity? And as, upon the sacred page, Thine eye in rapt attention turned O'er records of a holier age, Hath not thy heart within thee burned? It was the voice of God that spake In silence to thy silent heart; And bade each worthier thought awake, And every dream of earth depart. Voice of our God, O, yet be near! In low, sweet accents, whisper peace; Direct us on our pathway here, Then bid in heaven our wanderings cease.