Smoke + 

Lord, I have laid my heart upon thy altar + 

But cannot get the wood to burn; + 

It hardly flares ere it begins to falter + 

And to the dark return. + 

Old sap, or night-fallen dew, makes damp the fuel; + 

In vain my breath would flame provoke; + 

Yet see⁠—at every poor attempt’s renewal + 

To thee ascends the smoke! + 

’Tis all I have⁠—smoke, failure, foiled endeavour, + 

Coldness and doubt and palsied lack: + 

Such as I have I send thee!⁠—perfect Giver, + 

Send thou thy lightning back. + 