Hymn Prime

How will I do this, with a whisper, then?
And do it right? I know not. All I know
Is that Thou knowest aught, all, everything.
I thank Thee for the hours, the days and years
I wasted, Father, Who wert ever with me,
From the beginning; for all that I remember,
And all that I forget, now; for the seconds
Of every minute spilled pell-mell and willy-
Nilly; for every moment, every wink
Of sleeping and forgetting, every wee
And fleeting infinitesimal strand or string
That Thou hast set in motion, with a bang!
Or whimper, Father; and for every beginning
Of every song or story without end.


2.24.2012