The Broken Wing/Invocation

​7. Invocation

Stoop not from thy proud, lonely sphere,
  Star of my Trust!
But shine implacable and pure,
  Serene and just;
And bid my struggling spirit rise
  Clean from the dust!

Still let thy chastening wrath endure.
  O be thou still
A radiant and relentless flame,
  A crucible
To shatter and to shape anew
  My heart and will.

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Still be thy scorn the burning height
  My feet must tread,
Still be thy grief the bitter crown
  That bows my head,
Thy stern, arraigning silences
  My daily bread!

So shall my yearning love at last
  Grow sanctified,
Thro' sorrow find deliverance
  From mortal pride.
So shall my soul, redeemed, re-born,
  Attain thy side.

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