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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A PRAYER TO AZRAEL, by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON Poet's Biography First Line: Because thy face is more compassionate Last Line: O azrael, be kind! Alternate Author Name(s): Faulks, Frederick J., Mrs. Subject(s): Angels; Azrael; Prayer | |||
BECAUSE thy face is more compassionate Than God's own angel Pity, he who stands Above the world with healing in his hands, Early and late, Therefore I dare to ask a little thing. Though unto thee no man is small or great, The humblest beggar, the anointed king Of one estate, Yet, O, how often, often on thy breast The little children rest, Feeling thy sombre arms about them close As twilight folds a rose; So, even I this little prayer dare bring Unto thy pitying. I pray thee find me not my hour to go Closed within any dwelling men have made -- Those four poor walls where I may crouch, afraid As from a foe; But seek me on my hills, my hills whereon The free winds drift and blow, Between the green and gold of earth and sun, Ah, find me so! I would not quite forget, in some new birth, The joy of this my earth, Nor lose what time I look on Paradise, The vision in my eyes Of green boughs swaying in a singing wind -- O Azrael, be kind! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY A BOOK OF CELTIC VERSE (TO SEUMAS MACMANUS) by THEODOSIA (PICKERING) GARRISON |
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