Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, MORNING INVOCATION, by SOLOMON IBN GABIROL


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First Line: At morn I ask thee, lend thy shelt'ring aid!
Last Line: Dwelleth my soul, thy gift divine!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ibn Gabirol; Solomon Ben Yehuda Ibn Gabirol
Subject(s): God; Jews; Prayer; Judaism


AT morn I ask Thee, lend Thy shelt'ring aid!
My hopes and fears before Thy Throne are laid.
Like one abashed I stand, prostrate before Thy might,
My new-awakened heart hides nothing from Thy sight!

My heart, my tongue, too, fails
To utter what avails!
My skill, my strength, are naught!
But Thou, of grace, dost take
The prayers which mortals make,
The prayers Thy love has taught.
So shall my voice ascend,
Until my life shall end;
The while, within my body's shrine,
Dwelleth my soul, Thy gift divine!





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