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MY VESPER SONG, by                    
First Line: Filled with weariness and pain
Last Line: "let me to thy bosom fly!"
Subject(s): Jesus Christ


Filled with weariness and pain,
Scarcely strong enough to pray,
In this twilight hour I sit--
Sit and sing my doubt away.

O'er my broken purposes,
Ere the coming shadows roll,
Let me build a bridge of song:
"Jesus, lover of my soul,

"Let me to Thy bosom fly,"
How the words my thoughts repeat!
To Thy bosom, Lord, I come,
Though unfit to kiss Thy feet.

Once I gathered sheaves for Thee.
Dreaming I could hold them fast;
Now I can but idly sing,
"Oh, receive my soul at last!"

I am weary of my fears,
Like a child when night comes on;
In the shadow, Lord, I sing,
"Leave, ah, leave me not alone!"

Through the tears I still must shed,
Through the evil yet to be,
Though I falter while I sing,
"Still support and comfort me."

"All my trust on Thee is stayed,"
Does the rhythm of the song,
Softly falling on my heart,
Make its pulses firm and strong;

Or is this Thy perfect peace
Now descending while I sing,
That my soul may sleep tonight
"'Neath the shadow of Thy wing"?

"Thou of life the fountain art."
If I slumber on Thy breast,
If I sing myself to sleep--
Sleep and death alike are rest.

Through the shadows overpast,
Through the shadows yet to be,
Let the ladder of my song
"Rise to all eternity."

Note by note its silver bars
May my soul in love ascend,
Till I reach the highest round
In Thy kingdom without end.

Not impatiently I sing,
Though I stretch my hands and cry:
"Jesus, lover of my soul,
Let me to Thy bosom fly!"





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