Royal Crown


 * My God, I know that those who plead
 * To you for grace and mercy need
 * All their good works should go before,
 * And wait for them at heaven's high door.
 * But I have no good deeds to bring,
 * No righteousness for offering,
 * No service for my Lord and King.


 * Yet do not hide your face from me,
 * Nor cast me out far from you;
 * But when you command my life to cease,
 * O, may you lead me forth in peace
 * To the world to come, to dwell
 * Among your pious ones, who tell
 * Your inexhaustible glories.


 * There let my portion be with those
 * Who arose in eternal life;
 * There to purify my heart right,
 * In your light to see the light.
 * Raise me from the deepest depths to share
 * Heaven's endless joys of praise and prayer,
 * That I may evermore declare:

Though you were angered, Lord, I will give thanks to you, For now your wrath is past, and you do comfort me.