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First Line: I meditate on thee, and know
Last Line: That silence is the soul of prayer.
Subject(s): Prayer; Silence


"I meditate on Thee in the night watches."
—David.

I meditate on Thee, and know
Dear God, the way Thy star-tides flow:
The lift of light, the curve of grace,
The vast and voiceless sweep of space.
Then suddenly, a hush of heart
Has drawn me sacredly apart,
And I am wistfully aware
That silence is the soul of prayer!

I lift a hopeful heart, and through
The shadows keep my rendezvous
With Thee, amid the trysting trees,
I hear Thy whisper in the breeze:
I know Thy tender voice—and feel
Thy beauty through the twilight steal,
And all about me, everywhere
I know Thy presence as a prayer!

I speak no word, nor voice a hope,
But ever through this beauty grope
My way to Thee in earnestness,
And wait in wistful loneliness
The miracle and majesty
Of meditation's mystery,
Until my heart is made aware
That silence is the soul of Prayer.





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