Arthur Sullivan - Samuel - текст песни (слова)

1. Hushed was the evening hymn,
    The temple courts were dark;
    The lamp was burning dim
    Before the sacred ark;
    When suddenly a voice divine
    Rang through the silence of the shrine.
 
 2. The old man, meek and mild,
    The priest of Israel, slept;
    His watch the temple child,
    The little Levite, kept;
    And what from Eli's sense was sealed
    The Lord to Hannah's son revealed.
 
 3. O give me Samuel's ear,
    The open ear, O Lord,
    Alive and quick to hear
    Each whisper of Thy Word,
    Like him to answer at Thy call,
    And to obey Thee first of all.
 
 4. O give me Samuel's heart,
    A lowly heart, that waits
    Where in Thy house Thou art,
    Or watches at Thy gates;
    By day and night, a heart that still
    Moves at the breathing of Thy will.
 
 5. O give me Samuel's mind,
    A sweet unmurm'ring faith,
    Obedient and resigned
    To Thee in life and death,
    That I may read with childlike eyes
    Truths that are hidden from the wise.