Strengthen for service, Lord, the hands
that holy things have taken;
let ears that now have heard your songs
to clamour never waken.
Lord, may the tongues which ‘Holy’ sang
keep free from all deceiving;
the eyes which saw your love be bright,
your blessèd hope perceiving.
The feet that tread the holy courts
from your light do not banish;
the bodies by your Body fed
with your new life replenish.