Show me Thy face----one transient gleam Of loveliness Divine, And I shall never think or dream Of other Jove save Thine : All lesser light will darken quite, All lower glories wane, The beautiful of earth will scarce Seem beautiful again.
2. Show me Thy face----my faith and love Shall henceforth fixed be And nothing here have power to move My soul's serenity. My life shall seem a trance, a dream, And all I feel and see, Illusive, visionary----Thou The one reality !
3. Show me Thy face-----I shall forget The weary days of yore, The fretting ghosts of vain regret Shall haunt my soul no more. All doubts and fears for future years In quiet rest subside, And naught but blest lyric and calm Within my breast reside.
4. Show me Thy face----the heaviest cross Will then seem light to bear, There will be gain in every loss, And peace with every care. With such light feet the years will fleet, Life seem as brief as blest, Till I have laid my burden down, And entered into rest.