A Prayer
My
God
(oh,
let
me
call
Thee
mine,
Weak,
wretched
sinner
though
I
be),
My
trembling
soul
would
fain
be
Thine;
My
feeble
faith
still
clings
to
Thee.
Not
only
for
the
Past
I
grieve,
The
Future
fills
me
with
dismay;
Unless
Thou
hasten
to
relieve,
Thy
suppliant
is
a
castaway.
I
cannot
say
my
faith
is
strong,
I
dare
not
hope
my
love
is
great;
But
strength
and
love
to
Thee
belong;
Oh,
do
not
leave
me
desolate!
I
know
I
owe
my
all
to
Thee;
Oh,
TAKE
the
heart
I
cannot
give!
Do
Thou
my
strength—my
Saviour
be,
And
MAKE
me
to
Thy
glory
live.
Anne Brontë
Anne Brontë, (born Jan. 17, 1820, Thornton, Yorkshire, Eng.—died May 28, 1849, Scarborough, Yorkshire), English poet and novelist, sister of Charlotte and Emily Brontë and author of Agnes Grey (1847) and The Tenant of Wildfell Hall (1848).