# Song-Prayer explained — Poetry

> Chapter companion for Poetry by George MacDonald.

## What happens

A brief prayer-poem expressing the speaker's hope for ultimate satisfaction through beholding the divine face after death, echoing King David's longing for God's presence.

## Themes in this chapter

### Longing for Immortality

The speaker expresses a deep desire for the eternal satisfaction of seeing God's face after death.

### Redemption and Grace

The 'one supernal grace' suggests a divine gift that fulfills what life could not provide.

## Character check-ins

### Unknown

The speaker who longs for the vision of God's face.

### God

The divine being whose face the speaker yearns to see.

## Key lines

> I shall be satisfied With the seeing of thy face.

I will be completely content when I behold your face.

_The core longing for divine encounter and fulfillment._

> When I awake, wide-eyed, I shall be satisfied With what this life did hide, The one supernal grace!

When I awaken after death, I will finally understand and receive the hidden grace that life concealed.

_The awakening suggests resurrection or afterlife, where the ultimate grace is revealed._

## Links

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