Poem by William Cowper

Olney Hymn 66. I Will Praise the Lord at All Times

    Winter has a joy for me,
        While the Saviour's charms I read, 
    Lowly, meek, from blemish free,
        In the snowdrop's pensive head.

    Spring returns, and brings along
        Life-invigorating suns: 
    Hark! the turtle's plaintive song
        Seems to speak His dying groans!

    Summer has a thousand charms,
        All expressive of His worth; 
    'Tis His sun that lights and warms,
        His the air the cools the earth.

    What! has autumn left to say
        Nothing of a Saviour's grace? 
    Yes, the beams of milder day
        Tell me of his smiling face.

    Light appears with early dawn,
        While the sun makes haste to rise; 
    See His bleeding beauties drawn
        On the blushes of the skies.

    Evening with a silent pace,
        Slowly moving in the west, 
    Shews an emblem of His grace,
        Points to an eternal rest. 

1. Olney Hymn 18. Lovest Thou Me?
2. Olney Hymn 28. Jesus Hasting to Suffer
3. Olney Hymn 44. On Opening a Place for Social Prayer
4. Olney Hymn 32. The Shining Light
5. Olney Hymn 37. Temptation

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