TESTO DEL LIED

"Now begin on Christmas Day"
di Gerard Manley Hopkins (1844-1889)

Moonless darkness stands between.
Past, O Past, no more be seen!
But the Betlehem star may lead me
To the sight of him who freed me
From the self that I have been.
Make me pure, Lord,
Thou art holy;
Make me meek, Lord:
Thou wert lowly,
Now beginning, and always;
Now beginning, and allway;
Now beginning on Christmas Day.