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( 3 ) O but the light be ſweet to them

Whom darkneſs deep did hold,

And fure it is a pleaſant thing

The ſun now to behold.

O faireſt Sun of righteouſneſs!

O radiant beauty bright!

O glorious and wonderful!

O everlaſting light!

O amiable, ſweet and fair!

Moſt lovely and moſt pure!

O uncreated Glory, which

Shall evermore endure !

By thee the morning-ſtar gives light;

By thee the fun doth ſhine ;

ea, all the great and leſſer lights

Derive their light from Thine.

There is no need of ſun nor moon,

Nor ſtars therein to ſhine ;

There tho they were, they could not ſhine,

No light is light but Thine.

O loving ſpring of pureſt light,

From Thee ſweet ſtreams do go,

Of pureſt riches, deep and long,

Out of this fountain flow;

Which doth the dry and weary land,

And parched ground revive;

Which doth the weak and fainting heart

Reſtore, and it relieve. A 2