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You gave me Music Lord to sing your praise,
A token of your love and graciousness,
Bade me this discipline to well embrace,
A discipline superb and glorious.

You gave for it the talent and the skill
To play upon the various instruments,
Your secret purpose thereby to fulfill,
With other gifts that flowed out of your hands.

You gave me rhythm and the perfect pitch,
The meter, time, the pulse and passionate beat,
Made my dull composition tull and rich,
With notes discordant rendered right and sweet.

Thus I embrace the music ministry,
To give you laud and praise for evermore.
And thank you gracious Lord upon my knee
For tunes and strains and well writ music score.

You made me understand the notes and staff,
And signs and quavers trembling like winged stars,,
Gave the inverse and unison octave,
Held fast within the framework of the bars.

You gave me counterpoint and harmony,
Inspired the keen mordant and the trill,
And sent for guide and lead the melody.
Therewith the hearing audience to thrill.

You gave me many chords and clefs and keys,
Explained each single note's anatomy, -
All signs and symbols dearest Lord wherewith
The hearer can not but give praise to Thee.

You gave the pipes, the winds, the strings and reeds,
And nudged me hug the strings, - the pedal harp,,
Inserting notes upon the music sheet,
To show the impact of a flat and sharp.

You made the Presto and Allegro run,
Gave pizzicato and staccato grit.
Gave the Burlesque enlivening wit and fun.
But made devotion a prerequisite.

We give you thanks and praise for music Lord!
And for the blessing of its ministry,-
May every note ring out and every chord
As our praise's thankful symphony.

(C) Elizabeth Dandy [comments] => 4 [counter] => 400 [topic] => 62 [informant] => Elizabeth_Dandy [notes] => [ihome] => 0 [alanguage] => english [acomm] => 0 [haspoll] => 0 [pollID] => 0 [score] => 0 [ratings] => 0 [editpoem] => 1 [associated] => [topicname] => spiritual )

A Musician's Prayer

Contributed by Elizabeth_Dandy on Saturday, 8th September 2012 @ 12:46:38 PM in AEST
Topic: spiritual

You gave me Music Lord to sing your praise,
A token of your love and graciousness,
Bade me this discipline to well embrace,
A discipline superb and glorious.

You gave for it the talent and the skill
To play upon the various instruments,
Your secret purpose thereby to fulfill,
With other gifts that flowed out of your hands.

You gave me rhythm and the perfect pitch,
The meter, time, the pulse and passionate beat,
Made my dull composition tull and rich,
With notes discordant rendered right and sweet.

Thus I embrace the music ministry,
To give you laud and praise for evermore.
And thank you gracious Lord upon my knee
For tunes and strains and well writ music score.

You made me understand the notes and staff,
And signs and quavers trembling like winged stars,,
Gave the inverse and unison octave,
Held fast within the framework of the bars.

You gave me counterpoint and harmony,
Inspired the keen mordant and the trill,
And sent for guide and lead the melody.
Therewith the hearing audience to thrill.

You gave me many chords and clefs and keys,
Explained each single note's anatomy, -
All signs and symbols dearest Lord wherewith
The hearer can not but give praise to Thee.

You gave the pipes, the winds, the strings and reeds,
And nudged me hug the strings, - the pedal harp,,
Inserting notes upon the music sheet,
To show the impact of a flat and sharp.

You made the Presto and Allegro run,
Gave pizzicato and staccato grit.
Gave the Burlesque enlivening wit and fun.
But made devotion a prerequisite.

We give you thanks and praise for music Lord!
And for the blessing of its ministry,-
May every note ring out and every chord
As our praise's thankful symphony.

(C) Elizabeth Dandy

Copyright © Elizabeth_Dandy ... [ 2012-09-08 12:46:38]
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Re: A Musician's Prayer (User Rating: 1 )
by Former_Member on Sunday, 9th September 2012 @ 12:50:23 AM AEST
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This is a wonderful expression of thanks by a person who describes their talent as a gift. I hope you know that what you do means a lot to people who maybe don't know what it means to have such a magical expression. I say this because you do. Intonation, expressive, clear, soft, cascading, human, natural sound, all planned and so exquisite it can be played over and over again, recorded or live, and not lose its beauty.
I have a frog like voice, and worse than that, it isn't never knows rhythm nor can keep the beat, or the meter or measure. I play a mechanical type guitar I don't know why.
But I hold the dream, that someday it would be admired.

Thank you for this wonderful poem, and for caring about what you do. It's inspirational like I'm quite sure your music is. Caring about what you do takes much practice and like drawing or carpentry or just about anything good ever is; caring is the only way any dream can become real even if it is just a gift.

Peace!

Peace!

Re: A Musician's Prayer (User Rating: 1 )
by emystar on Sunday, 9th September 2012 @ 06:58:17 AM AEST
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The songs of angels.
Beautiful and I'm sure your music and songs are from angels as you are an angel.
luvs, huggs, blessings,
emy

Re: A Musician's Prayer (User Rating: 1 )
by percival86jack on Sunday, 9th September 2012 @ 07:36:27 AM AEST
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So beautifully written my friend! Where would we be without music to enrich our lives! Love and hugs, Jack

Re: A Musician's Prayer (User Rating: 1 )
by Archie on Sunday, 9th September 2012 @ 02:23:50 PM AEST
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Your poem reminds me of the psalm:

" Praise the lord all ye people
Praise the lord all ye lands
come into his prescence with thanksgiving
sing a new song unto him."

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