Like showers on meadows newly mown

Verse 1

Like showers on meadows newly mown, Jesus shall shed his blessing down, Crowned with whose life-infusing drops, Earth shall renew her blissful crops.

Verse 2

Lands that beneath a burning sky, Have long been desolate and dry, Th' effusions of his love shall share, And sudden greens and herbage wear.

Verse 3

The dews and rains in all their store, Drenching the pastures o'er and o'er, Are not so copious as that grace Which sanctifies and saves our race.

Verse 4

As in soft silence vernal showers, Descend and cheer the fainting flowers, So in the secrecy of love, Falls the sweet influence from above.

Verse 5

That heavenly influence let me find In holy silence of the mind, While every grace maintains its bloom, Diffusing wide its rich perfume.

Verse 6

Nor let these blessings be confined To me, but poured on all mankind, 'Till earth's wild waste in verdure rise, And a young Eden bless our eyes.