Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)“The Will of the Lord be done”
| O LORD, fulfil thy will, | |
| Be the days few or many, good or ill: | |
| Prolong them, to suffice | |
| For offering up ourselves Thy sacrifice; | |
| Shorten them if Thou wilt, | 5 |
| To make in righteousness an end of guilt. | |
| Yea, they will not be long | |
| To souls who learn to sing a patient song; | |
| Yea, short they will not be | |
| To souls on tiptoe to flee home to Thee. | 10 |
| O Lord, fulfil Thy will: | |
| Make Thy will ours, and keep us patient still, | |
| Be the days few or many, good or ill. | |