====== #1208 - The Maiden's Prayer ====== [[..:1207:|prev]] | [[..:1209:|next]] /*-20note-*/ *Composer: *Tekla Badarzewska-Baranowska (1834-1861), 1856 *Also known as: *La Prière d'une Vierge *[[/data/media/midi/1208.mid|MIDI]] | ++show|\\ {{http://www.rollerorgans.com/mid2roll.php?cob=1208&.gif?}}++ *[[:incipit]]: 1513513221766 *[[:incipit|Condensed Incipit]]: 15135132176 *[[/cob_label/index.php|Print a Label]] *Instrumental *++Lyrics:|\\ Each hour of life to thee I turn,\\ Tow'rd thee my inmost soul doth yearn,\\ Both day and night, where'er I be,\\ My trusting heart still turns to thee;\\ Hopeful I pray that I may keep\\ My love as now, serene and deep,\\ May the pure feeling upward now stealing\\ Ever be strengthen'd 'twixt me and thee,\\ Each hour of life to thee I turn,\\ Tow'rd thee my inmost soul doth yearn,\\ Both day and night, where'er I be,\\ My trusting heart still turns to thee.\\ \\ ++ *John Stowell Adams (?-1893)((Although composed and popular as an instrumental work, lyrics were later added by Adams.))