the back burner

quote of the day

"Spirit of God,
descend upon my heart,
wean it from earth, through all its pulses move;
stoop to my weakness,
mighty as you are,
and make me love you as I ought to love.

"I ask no dream,
no prophet ecstasies,
no sudden rending of the veil of clay,
no angel visitant,
no opening skies;
but take the dimness of my soul away."

George Croly, 1854