Blest Creator of the Light VIENNA—Justin Heinrich Knecht Blest Creator of the Light 1 Blest Creator of the light, Making day with radiance bright, Thou didst o’er the forming earth Give the golden light its birth. 2 Shade of eve with morning ray Took from Thee the name of day; Darkness now is drawing nigh; Listen to our humble cry. 3 May we ne’er by guilt depress’d Lose the way to endless rest; Nor with idle thoughts and vain Bind our souls to earth again. 4 Rather may we heavenward rise