George MacDonald - De Profundis

George MacDonald - De Profundis

When I am dead unto myself, and let, br O Father, thee live on in me, br Contented to do nought but pay my debt, br And leave the house to thee, br br Then shall I be thy ransomed-from the cark br Of living, from the strain for breath, br From tossing in my coffin strait and dark, br At hourly strife with death! br br Have mercy! in my coffin! and awake! br A buried temple of the Lord! br Grow, Temple, grow! Heart, from thy cerements break! br Stream out, O living Sword! br br When I am with thee as thou art with me, br Life will be self-forgetting power; br Love, ever conscious, buoyant, clear, and free, br Will flame in darkest hour.


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Uploaded: 2014-11-10

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