I shall be satisfied, when I awake, with Thy likeness.
Psalm 17:15
Words: Horatius Bonar (1808–1889).
Music: Thomas C. Neal, in Jasper and Gold, edited by Tullius C. O’Kane (Cincinnati, Ohio: Hitchcock & Walden, 1877), number 68 (🔊 pdf nwc).
If you know where to get a good photo of Neal (head & shoulders, at least 200×300 pixels),
When I shall wake in that fair morn of morns,
After whose dawning never night returns,
And with whose glory day eternal burns,
I shall be satisfied.
Refrain
I shall be satisfied, I shall be satisfied,
I shall be satisfied, by and by.
When I shall see Thy glory face to face,
When in Thine arms Thou wilt Thy child embrace,
When Thou shalt open all Thy stores of grace,
I shall be satisfied.
Refrain
When I shall meet with those that I have loved,
Clasp in my eager arms the long removed,
And find how faithful Thou to me hast proved,
I shall be satisfied.
Refrain
When I shall gaze upon the face of Him
Who for me died, with eye no longer dim,
And praise Him with the everlasting hymn,
I shall be satisfied.
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