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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A CHILD'S EVENING HYMN, by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: O lord, who, when thy cross was nigh Last Line: Nursed in thine everlasting arms. Subject(s): Prayer | |||
O Lord, Who, when Thy cross was nigh, Didst wake and pray as night went by, Thy gentle sleep like dew once more Upon my head I pray Thee pour. One little heap of days for me Is measured out by God's decree; And one day from that little heap Is gone as I lie down to sleep. And I know not how soon the tale Of my few days and short may fail;-- O God, whene'er!--for Thy dear Son, Me, even me, have mercy on! O strange, that as I kneel and pray, He from His throne hears all I say! --Give me but what for me is best:-- This is enough: Thou know'st the rest. O sleepless Shepherd of the sheep, Now fold me in, and bid me sleep: From evil safe, and night's alarms, Nursed in Thine everlasting arms. | 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 LITTLE CHILD'S HYMN; FOR NIGHT AND MORNING by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE A DANISH BARROW; ON THE EAST DEVON COAST by FRANCIS TURNER PALGRAVE |
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