When I gaze upon the bay

When I gaze upon the bay
From the heights of Brooklyn
As the dawn of day
Awakes the glorious
Wonders of Wellington

To rest in the quiet
Of this sunlit seat
And let thy joy
Surround my soul

Where oft have I longed
To reside at dawn
Or dusk
Or noonday tide

You restore
The youth in me
That oft is lost
In the toil and trial

My strength comes
From a source
Far from this course

Where seas and lands
Are but pawns
In the palms of
Thy hands

Yet to gaze
Upon the fog
The prologue
To paradise

Where one day
May come
Thy reign
Thy Son

Shall come
Shall come
To walk once
More

Amongst
The souls
Of Men

-Joshua Lee Foist