"She was sitting there waiting for something or somebody and, since sitting and waiting was the only thing to do just then, she sat and waited with all her might and main."

This past weekend I went to the Alabama All-State Choral Festival, and below are the texts from two of my favorite pieces performed by the Middle School SSA choir. Above is an excerpt from Anne of Green Gables I read while sitting underneath a tree atop the steps of the Wright Center for the Performing Arts. *le sigh*

Will there really be a "Morning"?
Is there such a thing as "Day"?
Could I see it from the mountains
If I were as tall as they?

Has it feet like Water lilies?
Has it feathers like a Bird?
Is it brought from famous countries
Of which I have never heard?

Oh some Scholar! Oh some Sailor!
Oh some Wise Men from the skies!
Please to tell a little Pilgrim
Where the place called "Morning" lies!

(Morning! Morning! Where does morning lie?)
~Emily Dickinson

Omnia Sol (Let Your Heart be Staid)

Somewhere far from nowhere, I grew both strong and tall,
Longing to become, but knowing not the path at all.
But the footprints of the winter melted to fields of spring;
One last embrace before I cross the threshold: To life we sing!

O stay your soul and leave my heart it's song,
O stay your hand, the journey may be long.
And when we part and sorrow can't be sway'd, remember when and let your heart be staid.

Omnia sol temperat,
Absens in remota.
Ama me fideliter,
Fidem mean noto.
(Latin: "The sun warms everything, even while I am far away. Love me faithfully, and know that I am faithful" from Carmina Burana by Carl Orff)

Weave the dance and raise the chorus, grieve no more.
Through the strength of Orion find refuge from the shore.
Let courage be your oar, let passion be your sail.
Wisdom and truth will guide your deep heart's yearning, though all travail.

O stay your soul and leave my heart it's song,
O stay your hand, the journey may be long.
And when we part and sorrow can't be sway'd, remember when and let your heart be staid.

Omnia sol temperat,
Absens in remota.
Ama me fideliter,
Fidem mean noto.
Omnia sol temperat,
Ah
And when we part and sorrow can't be sway'd,
Remember when,
(Remember when)
And let your heart be staid,
Be staid.

Psalm 25:5

(ESV)
Lead me in your truth and teach me,
for you are the God of my salvation;
for you I wait all the day long

Psalm 145:16

You open your hand;
you satisfy the desire of every living thing.

P.S. The ad in the middle of this post really aggravates me...