If It Be Your Will
If It Be Your Will - meaning Summary
Prayerful Surrender to Fate
This short, prayerlike poem addresses a higher power with a repeated refrain, offering willing submission to silence or to song depending on divine will. The speaker alternates between readiness to be quiet and a desire to sing praises, pleading for mercy, healing and communal restoration. Imagery of "rags of light" and burning hearts evokes vulnerability and longing. The tone is humble, devotional and conditional throughout.
Read Complete AnalysesIf it be your will That I speak no more And my voice be still As it was before I will speak no more I shall abide until I am spoken for If it be your will If it be your will That a voice be true From this broken hill I will sing to you From this broken hill All your praises they shall ring If it be your will To let me sing From this broken hill All your praises they shall ring If it be your will To let me sing If it be your will If there is a choice Let the rivers fill Let the hills rejoice Let your mercy spill On all these burning hearts in hell If it be your will To make us well And draw us near And bind us tight All your children here In their rags of light In our rags of light All dressed to kill And end this night If it be your will If it be your will
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