Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, FILLING, by FRANCES RIDLEY HAVERGAL


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First Line: Holy father, thou hast spoken
Last Line: Fill us with thyself to-day!
Subject(s): God; Prayer


HOLY Father, Thou hast spoken
Words beyond our grasp of thought, --
Words of grace and power unbroken,
With mysterious glory fraught.

Promise and command combining,
Doubts to chase and faith to lift;
Self renouncing, all resigning,
We would claim this mighty gift.

Take us Lord, oh, take us truly,
Mind and soul and heart and will;
Empty us and cleanse us throughly,
Then with all Thy fulness fill.

Lord, we ask it, hardly knowing
What this wondrous gift may be;
But fulfill to overflowing, --
Thy great meaning let us see.

Make us in thy royal palace
Vessels worthy for the king;
From Thy fulness fill our chalice,
From Thy never-failing spring.

Father, by this blessed filling,
Dwell Thyself in us, we pray;
We are waiting, Thou art willing,
Fill us with Thyself to-day!





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