Hollow Reed
Seals & Crofts

(lyrics by James Seals; music by James Seals & Dash Crofts, 1971)
From the albums DOWN HOME (1970), SEALS AND CROFTS I AND II (1974) and
TODAY (1998, 2000).

[From: Kent Johnson
To: bahai-faith
bcca.org
Subject: Re: Hollow Reed Prayer
Date: 10 Feb 1999 22:57
Abdu'l-Baha is thought to have said, Make me a hollow reed from which the pith of self
hath been blown so that I may become a clear channel through which Thy love may flow to others.
The rest of the prayer is a poem written by George Thompson and published in the Star of the West. --Kent]

Make me as a hollow reed, that I may play and plant Thy seed.
Rascal's closet may be lit, and have a needy rhyme in it.
Make me as a flute of stone that when I play Thy wind is blown.
Rascal's hideaway might chill, and die away from sill to sill.
Hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed.

Make me as a hollow reed that I may sing your grace, my steed.
Rascal's secret will be seen in its decay and sickening green.
Make me as a proof in turn, I will prove to them that yearn.
Rascal's lie is manifest and never could survive your test.
Hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed.

Make me as a hollow reed so I may give them what they need.
Rascal's reign will come to end and monarch's eyes will shine again.
Make me strong for I am weak, give me words and I will speak
. Rascal's cheeks will burn in shame when all of us know Your Name.
Hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed.
Hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed, hollow reed.


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  'Cause You Love   29 Years from Texas   A Tribute To Abdu'l-Bahá   Advance Guards   Ancient of the Old   Antoinette   Ashes In the Snow   Baby Blue   Baby I'll Give It To You   Big Mac   Birthday Of My Thoughts   Blue Bonnet Nation   Breaking In a Brand New Love   Castles In the Sand   Cotton Mouth   Cows Of Gladness   Dance by the Light of the Moon   Desert People   Diamond Girl   Don't Fail   Dust on My Saddle   Earth   East of Ginger Trees   Egypt, Israel & America   Eighth of January   Fiddle in the Sky   Fire and Vengeance   First Love   Follow Me   Forever Like the Rose   Freaks Fret   Funny Little Man   Gabriel Go On Home   Get Closer   Golden Rainbow   Goodbye Old Buddies   Granny Will Your Dog Bite?   Hand-Me-Down Shoe   High on a Mountain   Hummingbird   Hustle   I Keep Changing the Faces   I'll Play For You   If And Any Day   In Tune   Intne My Servant   Intone My Servant   Irish Linene   It's Gonna Come Down (On You)   Jekyll and Hyde   Jessica   John Wayne   King of Nothing   Kite Dreams   Leave   Ledges   Love Conquers All   Magnolia Moon   Midnight Blue   Million Dollar Horse   My Fair Share   My Fair Share (Love Theme From One On One)   Nine Houses   Nobody Gets Over Lovin' You   Not Be Found   One More Time   One Planet, One People, Please   Paper Airplanes   Passing Thing   Purple Hand   Put Your Love In My Hands   Rachel   Red Long Ago   Ridin' Thumb   Robin   Ruby Jean and Billie Lee   Say   Sea of Consciousness   See My Life   Seldom's Sister   Seven Valleys   Silver Rails   Springfield Mill   Standin' on a Mountain Top   Stars   Story of Her Love   Sudan Village   Summer Breeze   Sunrise   Sweet Green Fields   Takin' It Easy   The Boy Down the Road   The Euphrates   The Longest Road   This Day Belongs To Me   Thunderfoot   Tin Town   Today   Truth Is But a Woman   Try Your Love   Ugly City   Unborn Child   Wayland the Rabbit   When I Meet Them   Windflowers   Wisdom   Year of Sunday   Yellow Dirt   You're the Love

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