Holy Willie's Prayer By Robert Burns-John Laurie

[ti:Holy Willie's Prayer By Robert Burns] [ar:John Laurie] [al:The Very Best of Scottish Poetry] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.64]O Thou that in the heavens does dwell [00:03.80] [00:04.36]As it pleases best Thysel [00:06.83]Sends aen to Heaven and ten to Hell [00:10.31]For Thy glory [00:12.15] [00:12.70]And no for onie guid or ill [00:14.50]They've done afore Thee [00:15.82] [00:16.85]I bless and praise Thy matchless might [00:20.80]When thousands Thou hast left in night [00:24.58]That I am here afore Thy sight [00:28.09]For gifts and grace [00:30.45]A burning and a shining light [00:33.03] [00:33.58]To a' this place [00:35.39] [00:36.66]What was I or my generation [00:38.91]That I should get sic exaltation [00:41.41] [00:41.94]I wha deserved most just damnation [00:45.36]For broken laws [00:46.79]Five thousand years 'ere my creation [00:50.39]Thro' Adam's cause [00:51.69] [00:52.83]When from my mither's womb I fell [00:54.83] [00:55.60]Thou might hae plunged me deep in hell [00:57.79] [00:58.47]To gnash my gums and weep and wail [01:01.53]In burnin' lakes [01:03.20]Where damned devils roar and yell [01:06.55]Chain'd to their stakes [01:08.43]Yet I am here a chosen sample [01:13.33]To show thy grace is great and ample; [01:16.41] [01:17.01]I'm here a pillar o' Thy temple [01:20.46]Strong as a rock [01:22.36]A guide a buckler and example [01:25.54]To a' Thy flock [01:27.66] [01:28.92]But yet O Lord confess I must [01:32.08] [01:32.91]At times I'm fash'd wi' fleshly lust: [01:36.34] [01:36.99]An' sometimes too in worldly trust [01:40.29]Vile self gets in; [01:42.17] [01:43.10]But Thou remembers we are dust [01:46.38]Defil'd wi' sin [01:48.03] [01:49.37]O Lord yestreen Thou kens wi' Meg [01:53.99] [01:55.64]Thy pardon I sincerely beg; [01:57.87] [01:58.93]O may't ne'er be a livin' plague [02:01.11]To my dishonour [02:02.31] [02:02.94]An' I'll ne'er lift a lawless leg [02:05.57]Again upon her [02:06.81] [02:08.18]Maybe Thou lets this fleshly thorn [02:10.69]Buffet Thy servant e'en and morn [02:13.41]Lest he owre proud and high shou'd turn [02:16.92]That he's sae gifted: [02:18.47] [02:19.49]If sae Thy han' maun e'en be borne [02:22.93]Until Thou lift it [02:24.46] [02:26.14]But Lord remember me an' mine [02:29.08]Wi' mercies temporal and divine [02:32.16]That I for grace an' gear may shine [02:35.59]Excell'd by nane [02:37.54] [02:38.18]And a' the glory shall be Thine [02:40.70] [02:41.27]Amen Amen [02:44.50]Holy Willie's Prayer By Robert Burns - John Laurie