Do thou, then breathe those thoughts into my mind By which such virtue may in me be bred That in thy holy footsteps I may tread: The fetters of my tongue do thou unbind, That I may have the power to sing of thee And sound thy praises everlastingly
ATTRIBUTION:
Michelangelo Buonarroti (1474–1564), Italian artist. For Inspiration (l. 9–14). . .
Treasury of Poems for Worship and Devotion, A. Charles L. Wallis, ed. (1959) Harper & Brothers.
