Blest is the man whose heart expands

At melting pity’s call;

And the rich blessings of whose hands

Like heavenly manna fall.

Children our kind protection claim,

And God will well approve,

When infants learn to lisp his name,

And their Creator love.

Be ours the bliss, in wisdom’s way

To guide untutored youth;

And lead the mind that went astray,

To virtue and to truth.

Almighty God! thine influence shed

To aid this good design;

The honours of thy name be spread,

And all the glory thine.