Mother and Child
1. In dawn's glad rays
I feel The Father's hand
And with the sun
I know the Spirit's fire;
And in the light
I sense my mother's face
And I am filled
With earthly love's desire.
2. I need her breast
More than my soul can reach
I feel her warmth
More than the heavenly ray
For she is mine
Who made me and was made
By me to love
To suffer and to pray.
3. And sated I
Fall gently into sleep
And dream of pain
That is the source of love;
But I will rise
Through pain to save the world
And she will rise
To live with me above.