Up to the throne of God is borne

Up to the throne of God is borne. William Wordsworth* (1770-1850). This was printed in a major six-volume collection of Wordsworth’s Poetical Works published in 1836, Volume V, in a section entitled ‘Poems of Sentiment and Reflection’. It was entitled ‘The Labourer’s Noon-day Hymn’, and dated 1834. It had eight 4-line stanzas: Up to the throne of God is borne The voice of praise at early morn, And he accepts the punctual hymn Sung as the light of day grows dim. Nor will he turn his ear aside From holy offerings at noontide: Then here reposing let us raise A song of gratitude and praise. What though our burthen be not light We need not toil from morn to night; The respite of the mid-day hour...