Tune: Franconia
('Blest are the pure in heart')
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O merciful Jesus
Send light now unto us
Lighten my mind, banish all dark
Song rise as morning lark
Rise from the sanctuary
Of heart, inspired be
By your light, guarding all my thought
In me your grace has wrought
Grant peace to mind and heart
Illumine every part
Strengthen us body, spirit, soul
To be in you made whole
I am dull, formless, void
With sin's taint am alloyed
Until your light come to my soul
You my purpose, my goal
Pour forth grace from above
Refresh me with your love
Send dew of heaven to me bless
I your good name confess
Turn me from earth-bound things
They shall pass, e'en all things
Help me focus on you alone
In you true joys are known
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Author:
orchidee (
Offline) - Published: November 23rd, 2017 06:54
- Comment from author about the poem: A hymn-poem in 6.6.8.6. metre (Short Metre/SM). No.6 in a series of 8.
- Category: Spiritual
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Comments2
Another good one Orchi.
Query “voild”? Should it be “void”. It confused me at the time.
Oops typo. Thanks Gold. Nope, I wasn't throwing in a bit of French 'Voila!'.
You are getting better and better, orchidee, and definitely not 'dull' or 'formless' as you say in your fourth stanza!
Thanks Fred. But in this series, it is based on prayers by this German monk of the 15th Century. I've taken words of prayers of his, and adapted them a bit. He was rather ascetic - strict on himself and those in a monastery where he was a sub-prior (second-in-command I think). This may be why this series sounds 'better'.
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