Be Thou My Well

Be thou the well by which I lie and rest;

Be thou my tree of life, my garden ground; 

Be thou my home, my fire, my chamber blest, 

My book of wisdom, loved of all the best; 

Oh, be my friend, each day still newer found, 

As the eternal days and nights go round! 

Nay, nay—thou art my God, in whom all loves are bound!

--George MacDonald (1824-1905), Scots poet, preacher, fairy tale writer, and editor, influence on JRR Tolkien and CS Lewis; from A Book of Strife in the Form of the Diary of an Old Soul (1880

Image: St. Patrick's Holy Well, Marlfield Clonmell Ireland