English Poetry. Anne Brontë. A Prayer. Энн Бронте.

Anne Brontë (Энн Бронте)

A Prayer

My God (oh, let me call Thee mine,
Weak, wretched sinner though I be),
My trembling soul would fain be Thine;
My feeble faith still clings to Thee.

Not only for the Past I grieve,
The Future fills me with dismay;
Unless Thou hasten to relieve,
Thy suppliant is a castaway.

I cannot say my faith is strong,
I dare not hope my love is great;
But strength and love to Thee belong;
Oh, do not leave me desolate!

I know I owe my all to Thee;
Oh, TAKE the heart I cannot give!
Do Thou my strength--my Saviour be,
And MAKE me to Thy glory live. 

Anne Brontë’s other poems:

1. To Cowper
2. A Word To The Calvinists
3. My God! O Let Me Call Thee Mine!
4. Lines Written From Home
5. Severed And Gone

Poems of other poets with the same name (Стихотворения других поэтов с таким же названием):

Dante Rossetti (Данте Россетти) A Prayer (“LADY, in thy proud eyes”)

Paul Dunbar (Пол Данбар) A Prayer (“O Lord, the hard-won miles”)

Norman Gale (Норман Гейл) A Prayer (“TEND me my birds, and bring again”)

James Joyce (Джеймс Джойс) A Prayer (“Again!”) Paris, 1924

Amy Levy (Эми Леви) A Prayer (“Since that I may not have”)

Edward Sill (Эдвард Силл) A Prayer (“O GOD, our Father, if we had but truth!”)

Claude McKay (Клод Маккей) A Prayer (“’Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling”)

John Stagg (Джон Стэгг) A Prayer (“Hail, mighty Father! God of all!”)

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