Broke with soft music on his raptured ear.
Quelling his fears and bidding him rejoice
In the abundance of a Father’s care.
Wide as the earth shall Israel’s power extend,
Countless as ocean’s sands his issue be,
While all the nations to his rule shall bend,
And in his seed a rich salvation see.
The Patriarch from his wondrous dream awoke,
And knew that the Almighty Lord was there—
And where the Maker to the creature spoke,