A First Series of Hymns and Songs/Catholic Hymns/May Jesus Christ be praised!
34. May Jesus Christ be praised!
When morning gilds the skies,
My heart awaking cries,
May Jesus Christ be prais'd!
Alike at work and prayer,
To Jesus I repair:
May Jesus Christ be prais'd!
The sacred minster bell,
It peals o'er hill and dell:
May, &c.
Oh, hark to what it sings,
As Joyously it rings.
May, &c.
When you begin the day,
Oh, never fail to say,
May, &c.
And at your work rejoice
To sing with heart and voice,
May, &c.
Be this at meals your grace,
In every time and place,
May, &c.
Be this, when day is past,
Of all your thoughts the last,
May, &c.
To God the Word on high
The hosts of angels cry,
May, &c.
Let children too upraise
Their voice in hymns of praise:
May, &c.
Let earth's -wide circle round
In joyful notes resound:
May, &c.
Let air and sea and sky
Through depth and height reply,
May Jesus Christ he prais'd!