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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DAVID AND BATHSHUA: BATHSHUA'S PRAYER, by CHARLES WHITWORTH WYNNE
First Line: Father of life, of light, of love
Last Line: The life, the light, that was our day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Absence; David (d. 962 B.c.); Memory; Prayer; Separation; Isolation
First Line: Father of life, of light, of love
Last Line: The life, the light, that was our day!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cayzer, Charles
Subject(s): Absence; David (d. 962 B.c.); Memory; Prayer; Separation; Isolation
FATHER of Life, of light, of love,
In Whose vast arms the world endures,
Pour down Thy blessing from above—
The peace that Faith alone secures.
O let the waters flow again!
The fountain of my grief upspring;
For all life's sands are parch'd with pain,
And desolate the heart I bring.
Remove, O Lord, the sense of guilt,
The bitter memories amass'd!
Thou canst give sevenfold, if Thou wilt,
The treasure that seem'd unsurpass'd.
But of all treasures—this the most,
O keep me first in David's heart!
For without him my life is lost;
Let not his joy in me depart!
And with his love, dear God, restore
The spirit that hath left this clay,
Into another vessel pour
The life, the light, that was our day!
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