I.
‘Tis little to believe in God,
His goodness, splendour, pow’r!
I search for Thee–aspire to Thee–
And love Thee ev’ry hour!
II.
My soul’s a ray of love and light,
Descended for a while
From Thee, its high and splendid source,
And lives but in Thy smile.
III.
By its unfetter’d fires consumed,
If Thou thy face conceal:
It longs to re-ascend to Thee,
And all thy glory feel.
IV.
In Thee I breathe, I live, I think,
I love! and in this world,
Which hideth Thee as with a veil,
I see thy pow’r unfurl’d.
V.
Oft to the dreary wastes I fly,
To bring myself to Thee;
And when the dawn displays her sails
Along the etherial sea;
VI.
And the horizon ting’d by day
All glorious appears;
And fair Aurora on the mounts,
Scatters her pearly tears:
VII.
‘Tis then I see Thy radiant smile,
Pouring effulgent light,
From Thine abode, upon this world,
Emerging from the night.
VIII.
When at meridian height the sun
Its bright career suspends,
O’erwhelms with heat, with life, and light,
And all its influence lends,
IX.
T’ infuse fresh vigour in my mind,
Then I thy presence own;
Thine excellence, O Lord, I feel,
Which gives me bliss alone.
X.
When night her starry concourse leads,
And casts upon the world
Her sable vesture–I alone,
And in her darkness furl’d,
XI.
Gaze on the splendour of the night,
In silence robed, and calm:
My soul then nearer draws to Thee–
T’adore is all its charm.
XII.
And in my breast I feel a ray
Of animating light,
And hear a voice that seems to say,
“O let thy hope grow bright.”
MON AME EST UN RAYON.
(Par Alphonse de Lamartine.)
C’est peu de croire en toi, bont
(Mary Ann Carter)
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