HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
By A Collection of Hymns

      8s & 6s.
      1 HOW happy, gracious Lord! are we
      Divinely drawn to follow thee,
      Whose hours divided are
      Betwixt the mount and multitude;
      Our day is spent in doing good,
      Our night in praise and prayer.

      2 With us no melancholy void,
      No period lingers unemployed,
      Or unimproved, below;
      Our weariness of life is gone,
      Who live to serve our God alone,
      And only thee to know.

      3 The winter's night and summer's day
      Glide imperceptibly away,
      Too short to sing thy praise;
      Too few we find the happy hours,
      And haste to join those heavenly powers,
      In everlasting lays.

      4 With all who chant thy name on high?
      And, "Holy, Holy, Holy," cry,
      A bright harmonious throng,
      We long thy praises to repeat,
      And, restless, sing around thy seat
      The new, eternal song.