Father I Long I Faint to See { Father I Long I Faint to See WOODLAND-Nathaniel D. Gould ST. AGNES-John Bacchus Dykes Father, I Long, I Faint to See } Father, I long, I faint to see The place of Thine abode: I'd leave Thine earthly courts and flee Up to Thy seat, My God. I'd part with all the joys of sense, To gaze upon Thy throne: Pleasure springs fresh forever thence, Unspeakable, unknown. There all the heavenly hosts are seen; In shining ranks they move, And drink immortal vigor in, With wonder and with love. The more Thy glories strike my eyes, The humbler I shall lie; Thus while I sink, my joys shall rise Immeasurably high.