Full Lyrics
1. Earth has detained me prisoner long
And I'm grown weary now:
My heart, my hand, my ear, my tongue,
There's nothing here for you.
2. Tired in my thoughts, I stretch me down,
And upward glance mine eyes;
Upward, my Father, to Thy throne,
And to my native skies.
3. There the dear Man, my Savior, sits,
The God, how bright He shines!
And scatters infinite delights
On all the happy minds.
4. Seraphs, with elevated strains,
Circle the throne around,
And move and charm the starry plains
With an immortal sound.
5. Jesus, the Lord, their harps employs;
Jesus, my love, they sing:
Jesus, the name of both our joys,
Sounds sweet from every string.
6. Hark, how, beyond the narrow bounds
Of time and space they run,
And speak, in most majestic sounds,
The godhead of the Son.
7. How on the Father's breast He lay,
The darling of his soul,
Infinite years before the day
Or heavens began to roll.
