Melcome

 

  New every morning is the love
  Our awakening and uprising prove;
  Through sleep and darkness safely brought
  Restored to life and power and thought.
   
  New mercies, each returning day,
  Hover around us while we pray;
  New perils past, new sins forgiven
  New thoughts of God, new hopes of heaven.
   
  If on our daily course our mind
  Be set to hallow all we find,
  New treasures still, of countless price,
  God will provide for sacrifice.
   
  The trivial round, the common task,
  Will furnish all we need to ask,
  Room to deny ourselves, a road
  To bring us daily nearer God.
   
  Only, O Lord, in thy dear love,
  Fit us for perfect rest above;
  And help us, this and every day,
  To live more nearly as we pray.
   
   
   
 
J. Keble (1792-1866)