THE LARGER LIFE.
My years are very few, O God!
More rapidly they pass
Than clouds whose transient tale is told
In shadows on the grass.
My years are very few, O God!
But they are full of thee,—
A drop of being in thy life’s
Unfathomable sea.
My years are very few, O God!
O, let me clearly see
How they grow strong and beautiful
In thy immensity.
My years are very few, O God!
The sum of them is small;
But each may serve thy blessed will,
And thou shalt have them all.
My years are very few, O God!
But, safe on sea or land,
I confidently journey on,—
My times are in thy hand.
My years are very few, O God!
On earth, but not in heaven;—
To thee, eternal Life and Love,
Be endless praises given.