Expand thy wings, celestial Dove,
And brooding o’er my nature’s night,
Call forth the ray of heavenly love,
Let there in my dark soul be light,
And fill th’ illustrated abyss
With glorious beams of endless bliss.
Expand Thy wings, celestial Dove
Hymnal/Album: Original title: “The Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.”—i. 2. Published in The Poetical Works of John and Charles Wesley, Collected and Arranged by G. Osborn, Vol. 9 (London: Wesleyan-Methodist Conference Office, 1870), page 2.
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