English Poetry. George MacDonald. Morning Hymn. Джордж Макдональд.

George MacDonald (Джордж Макдональд)

Morning Hymn

O Lord of life, thy quickening voice
Awakes my morning song!
In gladsome words I would rejoice
That I to thee belong.

I see thy light, I feel thy wind;
The world, it is thy word;
Whatever wakes my heart and mind,
Thy presence is, my Lord.

The living soul which I call me
Doth love, and long to know;
It is a thought of living thee,
Nor forth of thee can go.

Therefore I choose my highest part,
And turn my face to thee;
Therefore I stir my inmost heart
To worship fervently.

Lord, let me live and will this day-
Keep rising from the dead;
Lord, make my spirit good and gay-
Give me my daily bread.

Within my heart, speak, Lord, speak on,
My heart alive to keep,
Till comes the night, and, labour done,
In thee I fall asleep. 

George MacDonald’s other poems:

1. Born of Water
2. Mary Magdalene
3. No Sign
4. Blind Bartimeus
5. Pilate’s Wife

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

Charles Wesley (Чарльз Уэсли) Morning Hymn (“Christ, whose glory fills the skies”)

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