Пёрселл Генри - A Morning Hymn - текст песни (слова)

Thou wakeful shepherd, that does Israel keep, 
 Rais'd by thy goodness from the bed of sleep, 
 To thee I offer up this hymn 
 As my best morning sacrifice; 
 May it be gracious in thine eyes 
 To raise me from the bed of sin. 
 And do I live to see another day, 
 I vow, my God, henceforth to walk thy ways, 
 And sing thy praise 
 All those few days 
 Thou shalt allow. 
 Could I redeem the time I have mis-spent 
 In sinful merriment? 
 Could I untread 
 Those paths I led?
 I would so expiate each past offence
 That ev'n from thence 
 The innocent should wish themselves like me 
 When with such crimes they such repentance see. 
 With joy I'd sing away my breath, 
 Yet who can die so to receive his death?