POST-COMMUNION
Lord, when to Thine embrace I runGathered like waters to the Sun,Shape me to such celestial mirthAs may go back and glad the earth.Let Thy rays compass me, and crowdInto the semblance of a cloudMine idle and dispersèd powers;That I, the casket of Thy showers,May, for my closeness, coloured be(Howe’er so faintly) like to Thee,And when Thou loosest me to goDiffused into Thy world below,May I, till drip of words shall cease,Sing of Refreshment, Light and Peace;And, poured into the Time’s abyss,Revive one blossom for Thy bliss.
Lord, when to Thine embrace I runGathered like waters to the Sun,Shape me to such celestial mirthAs may go back and glad the earth.Let Thy rays compass me, and crowdInto the semblance of a cloudMine idle and dispersèd powers;That I, the casket of Thy showers,May, for my closeness, coloured be(Howe’er so faintly) like to Thee,And when Thou loosest me to goDiffused into Thy world below,May I, till drip of words shall cease,Sing of Refreshment, Light and Peace;And, poured into the Time’s abyss,Revive one blossom for Thy bliss.
Lord, when to Thine embrace I runGathered like waters to the Sun,Shape me to such celestial mirthAs may go back and glad the earth.Let Thy rays compass me, and crowdInto the semblance of a cloudMine idle and dispersèd powers;That I, the casket of Thy showers,May, for my closeness, coloured be(Howe’er so faintly) like to Thee,
And when Thou loosest me to goDiffused into Thy world below,May I, till drip of words shall cease,Sing of Refreshment, Light and Peace;And, poured into the Time’s abyss,Revive one blossom for Thy bliss.