Grace Before Song

LORD GOD of heaven that with mercy dight

Th'alternate prayer-wheel of the night and light

Eternal hath to thee, and in whose sight

Our days as rain drops in the sea surge fall,

As bright white drops upon a leaden sea

Grant so my songs to this grey folk may be:

As drops that dream and gleam and falling catch the sun,

Evan'scent mirrors every opal one

Of such his splendour as their compass is,

So, bold My Songs, seek ye such death as this.