"GIVE US THIS DAY OUR DAILY BREAD."
ONE longing fills my heart that else
With earthly cravings would o'erflow;
One pure desire within me dwells
Amid desires I would forego;
One longing deep that day by day
Sweeps every lesser wish away.
With earthly cravings would o'erflow;
One pure desire within me dwells
Amid desires I would forego;
One longing deep that day by day
Sweeps every lesser wish away.
It is not that I choose no more
Between the shadow and the sun;
That vanities no longer lure;
That sweet and bitter are as on;
But that this longing day by day
Sweeps every lesser wish away,
Between the shadow and the sun;
That vanities no longer lure;
That sweet and bitter are as on;
But that this longing day by day
Sweeps every lesser wish away,
If now I triumph, now I tail,
Or now attain an inward peace,
If now temptations sore assail,
All things this longing but increase
And oh! this longing day by day
All gains, all losses doth outweigh.
Or now attain an inward peace,
If now temptations sore assail,
All things this longing but increase
And oh! this longing day by day
All gains, all losses doth outweigh.
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