Until the day breaks and the shadows flee,

I will get me to the mountain of myrrh and frankincense

to Him whom my soul adores.

There I will stand upon my post of observation

and write the answered vision upon heart's tablet.

I see Him but He is not now;

I behold Him, but He is not near.

I speak, having the words of God,

having seen the vision of the Almighty.

All who pass by me in haste -

Do you not know? Have you not heard?

Though the vision tarry, it will surely come;

its fulfillment is yet for an appointed day.

O my Lord, by reason of the vision

sorrows and pains have come upon me,

and I retain no strength...

but You, O Abraham's God, are all I need

and it is from this mount that You will provide.

by

Sarah Maitland