No. 148 I Shall Be Satisfied, Rev 62
Hexatonic, mode 4 b minorized (I II 3 IV V — 7 [VII])
If I in thy likeness, O Lord, may awake,
And shine a pure image of thee;
Then I shall be satisfied when I can break
These fetters of flesh and be free.
I know this stain’d tablet must first be wash’d white,
To let thy bright features be drawn,
I know I must suffer the darkness of night,
To welcome the coming of dawn.
Then I shall be satisfied when I can cast
The shadows of nature all by,
When this cold dreary world from my vision is past,
And let this soul open her eye.
I gladly shall feel the blest morn drawing near,
When time’s dreary fancy shall fade,
If then in thy likeness I may but appear,
I rise with thy beauty arrayed.
One more stanza of text in the Revivalist. The song is used “as sung by Rev. G. C. Wells.” It is reminiscent of the ‘Henry Martin’ tune; see Gould and Sharp, English Folk-Songs for Schools, p. 22.