A prayer (hymn) when you awake

AWAKE MY SOUL ...

    1 AWAKE, my soul, and with the sun

     Thy daily stage of duty run;

     Shake off dull sloth—and joyful rise

     To pay thy morning sacrifice.

    2 Glory to thee, who safe hast kept,

     And hast refreshed me while I slept:

     Grant, Lord, when I from death shall wake,

     I may of endless life partake.

    3 Direct, control, suggest, this day,

     All I design, or do, or say;

     That all my powers, with all their might,

     In thy sole glory may unite.

Source: Albert Barnes, Albert. 1833. Prayers for the Use of Families (1833) 

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This prayer is set as a hymn using the Long Meter (L.M.)  poetic meter. It has 8 syllabi for each line. Some of the popular hymns that use this meter are:
1. Jesus shall reign where'er the Sun

2. Just as I AM, without one plea

3. When I survey the wondrous cross

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