How we cite our quotes: (Line)
Quote #4
Only let me make my life simple and straight,
Like a flute of reed for thee to fill with music (8-9)
In these lines the speaker suggests that he has no power to make music, only God does. The speaker is just an instrument, or "flute." Whatever music he makes comes directly from the divine. God gets the writing credit. Our speaker's just a means through which God expresses himself.