The Diary of an Old Soul

Daily Readings by George MacDonald (1824 - 1905)

November 23

How oft I say the same things in these lines!

Even as a man, buried in during dark,

Turns ever where the edge of twilight shines,

Prays ever towards the vague eternal mark;

Or as the sleeper, having dreamed he drinks,

Back straightway into thirstful dreaming sinks,

So turns my will to thee, for thee still longs, still pines.