A new song for this morning

In case you need a fresh start this morning, here’s an old hymn by Anne Steele, straight from the 18th century to today, just to get you going.

A MORNING HYMN.
Anne Steele

I.
LORD of my life, O may thy praise
Employ my noblest pow’rs,
Whose goodness lengthens out my days,
And fills the circling hours.

II.
Preserv’d by thy almighty arm,
I pass’d the shades of night,
Serene, and safe from ev’ry harm,
And see returning light.

III.
While many spent the night in sighs,
And restless pains, and woes ;
In gentle sleep I clos’d my eyes,
And undisturb’d repose.

IV.
When sleep, death’s ‘semblance o’er me spread,
And I inconscious lay,
Thy watchful care was round my bed,
To guard my feeble clay.

V.
O let the same almighty care
My waking hours attend ;
From ev’ry danger, ev’ry snare,
My heedless steps defend.

VI.
Smile on my minutes as they roll,
And guide my future days ;
And let thy goodness fill my soul
With gratitude and praise.