O God, I cried, no dark disguise

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O God, I cried, no dark disguise

Author: Edna St. Vincent Millay
Tune: RENASCENCE
Published in 4 hymnals

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1. O God, I cried, no dark disguise
Can e’er hereafter hide from me
Thy radiant identity, Thy radiant identity!
I know the path that tells the way
Thro’ the cool eve of every day.
God, I can push the grass apart
And lay my finger on Thy heart.

2. The world stands out on either side
No wider than the heart is wide;
Above the world is stretched the sky—
No higher than the soul is high.
The heart can push the sea and land
Farther away on either hand;
The soul can split the sky in two,
And let the face of God shine thro’.

Source: The Cyber Hymnal #4853

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First Line:	O God, I cried, no dark disguise
Author:	Edna St. Vincent Millay
Language:	English
Copyright:	Public Domain

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RENASCENCE

CREATION (Haydn)

The tune CREATION is taken from the chorus “The Heavens Are Telling” from the well known oratorio The Creation (1798) by Franz Joseph Haydn (b. Rohrau, Austria, 1732; d. Vienna, Austria, 1809). Haydn's life was relatively uneventful, but his artistic legacy was truly astounding. He began his mus…

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