Historical edition. Historical claims and instructions are preserved as historical context.
O mighty Potter, to whose steadfast eyes A thousand years lie open as one day, Thy patient hand set firm on life’s great wheel This heavy, shapeless clay.
Rough and imperfect, yet it owns Thy touch; Spare not, nor stay, the pressure of Thine hand; Make known Thy power; and soon, or late, let love Perfect what love hath planned!