Light of life, se­ra­phic fire,
Love di­vine, Thy­self im­part;
Every faint­ing soul in­spire,
Shine in ev­ery droop­ing heart;
Every mourn­ful sin­ner cheer,
Scatter all our guil­ty gloom,
Son of God, ap­pear, ap­pear!
To Thy hu­man tem­ples come.

Come in this ac­cept­ed hour,
Bring Thy heav’n­ly king­dom in;
Fill us with Thy glo­ri­ous pow­er,
Rooting out the seeds of sin;
Nothing more can we re­quire,
We will co­vet no­thing less;
Be Thou all our hearts’ de­sire,
All our joy and all our peace.

Whom but Thee have we in Heav’n?
Whom have we on earth but Thee?
Only Thou to us be giv’n,
All be­side is va­ni­ty;
Grant us love, we ask no more;
Every oth­er gift re­move;
Pleasure, fame, and wealth, and pow­er,
Still we all en­joy in love.