Be Thou

'''English Versification '''

by  Eleanor Hull, 1912; this version was popularised by virtue of its place in the  English Hymnal

Be thou my vision, O Lord of my heart,

Be all else naught to me, save that thou art;

Thou my best thought in the day and the night,

Both waking and sleeping, thy presence my light.

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