Various the objects man desires

Verse 1

Various the Objects Man desires, Whilst he to Happiness aspires; Each longing Sense, would be possest Of what most suits his childish Taste; There seeking lasting Peace, and solid Joy, And heav'nly Sweets, which ne'er will fade nor cloy.

Verse 2

Of thee, my sov'reign Lord and King, My longing soul desires one Thing: I in thine House would ever dwell, Thy Goodness, O my God, to tell; There to behold, with Joy, thy beauteous Face, Inquiring at thy Oracles of Grace.

Verse 3

This have I long desir'd of thee, They Beauties in thine House to see; One Day, my God, is better there, Than are a thousand Days elsewhere: For O! thy holy Temple is the Place Where thou unveil'st thy Beauty and thy Grace.

Verse 4

Thy Body, Lamb, once bath'd in Blood, That Temple is, that House of God; Where all the church in Mystery, As living Stones are built in thee; To which by Faith, we all repair, and tell How God is pleas'd in it, in us to dwell.

Verse 5

Thy Ministers, as Flames of Fire, Attending with intense Desire; Thy Servants round thy Table set, Spread with divine, with heav'nly Meat: Apparel'd in the spirit, and the Word, Here dwell for-ever in thy Temple, Lord.

Verse 6

Brighter than all, O Morning-Star! Thou shin'st with Rays resplendent here; Brighter than Solomon of old E'er shone in wisdom, Pow'r, or Gold: Extasy'd more thy Saints than Sheba's Queen, When those the Beauties of thine House are seen.