Eternal Power!
Grant me through obvious clouds one transient gleam
Of thy bright essence in my dying hour!


"A Prayer", line 14; cited from Cyrus Redding Memoirs of William Beckford of Fonthill (London: Charles J. Skeet, 1859) vol. 2, p. 283.

William Thomas Beckford Quotes

Eternal Power! Grant me through obvious clouds one transient gleam Of thy bright essence in my dying hour!

Eternal Power! Grant me through obvious clouds one transient gleam Of thy bright essence in my dying hour!

Eternal Power! Grant me through obvious clouds one transient gleam Of thy bright essence in my dying hour!

Eternal Power! Grant me through obvious clouds one transient gleam Of thy bright essence in my dying hour!