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A PRAYER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: From falsehood and error
Last Line: Thy servants for ever.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth
Subject(s): Prayer


FROM falsehood and error,
From darkness and terror,
From all that is evil,
From the power of the devil,
From the fire and the doom,
From the judgment to come --
Sweet JESU, deliver
Thy servants for ever.





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