Claude McKay - A Prayer lyrics

'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 pa**ion of my youth consumes my soul; In agony I turn to thee for truth and self-control. For Pa**ion and all the pleasures it can give will die the d**h; 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.