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| Text: | Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell |
| Author: | Doddridge |
1 Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell,
With all your feeble light;
Farewell, thou ever-changing moon,
Pale empress of the night.
2 And thou, refulgent orb of day,
In brighter flames arrayed,
My soul, that springs beyond thy sphere,
No more demands thy aid.
3 Ye stars are but the shining dust
Of my divine abode,
The pavement of those heavenly courts
Where I shall see my God.
4 The Father of eternal light
Will there his beams display;
Nor shall one moment's darkness blend
With that unvaried day.
| Text Information | |
|---|---|
| First Line: | Ye golden lamps of heaven, farewell |
| Author: | Doddridge |
| Meter: | C. M. |
| Publication Date: | 1873 |
| Scripture: | ; |
| Topic: | Life and Death; The Christian's Farewell |
| Notes: | Public Domain. |
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