"I WILL ARISE AND GO TO MY FATHER."
Help me, O God, to trust in thee,
Thou high and holy One!
And may ray troubled spirit flee,
For rest, to Thee alone.
Thou high and holy One!
And may ray troubled spirit flee,
For rest, to Thee alone.
In Thee alone the soul can find
Secure and sweet repose;
And thou canst bid the desert mind
To blossom as the rose.
Secure and sweet repose;
And thou canst bid the desert mind
To blossom as the rose.
Let not this spirit, formed to rise
Where angels claim their birth,
Forsake its home beyond the skies,
And cling to barren earth.
Where angels claim their birth,
Forsake its home beyond the skies,
And cling to barren earth.
The bird of passage knows the sign
That warns him to depart:
Shall I not heed the voice divine,
That whispers in my heart,—
That warns him to depart:
Shall I not heed the voice divine,
That whispers in my heart,—
