The Larger Life

My years are very few, O God!
More rapidly they pass
Than clouds whose transient tale is told
In shadows on the grass.

My years are very few, O God!
But they are full of Thee:—
A drop of being in Thy life’s
Unfathomable sea.

My years are very few, O God!
Oh, let me clearly see
How they grow strong and beautiful
In Thy immensity.

My years are very few, O God!
The sum of them is small,—
But each may serve Thy blessed will,
And Thou shalt have them all.

My years are very few, O God!
On earth, but not in heaven;—
To Thee, eternal Life and Love,
Be endless praises given.