Claude McKay (Клод Маккей)

A Prayer

’Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling; 
I stumble as I fare along Earth’s way; keep me from falling. 

Mine eyes are open but they cannot see for gloom of night: 
I can no more than lift my heart to thee for inward light. 

The wild and fiery passion of my youth consumes my soul; 
In agony I turn to thee for truth and self-control. 

For Passion and all the pleasures it can give will die the death; 
But this of me eternally must live, thy borrowed breath. 

’Mid the discordant noises of the day I hear thee calling; 
I stumble as I fare along Earth’s way; keep me from falling.

1. Spring in New Hampshire
2. Alfonso, Dressing to Wait at Table
3. Dawn in New York
4. Winter in the Country
5. Home Thoughts

Emily Dickinson (Эмили Дикинсон) A Prayer ("I meant to have but modest needs")

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