 | Duganne's Poetical Works |  |
396
AMEN!
TO the mariner's midnight pray'r,
As he paceth the rolling deck;
As he treadeth the parting wreck;
God! thou art there;
Amen!
As he paceth the rolling deck;
As he treadeth the parting wreck;
God! thou art there;
Amen!
To the desolate widow's cry,
As she presseth the dead one's cheek;
When her spirit is faint and weak;
Hear thou her sigh!
Amen!
As she presseth the dead one's cheek;
When her spirit is faint and weak;
Hear thou her sigh!
Amen!
To the wandering orphan's moan,
As he prayeth in chilling fear;
Wilt thou banish the orphan's tear—
Merciful One?
Amen!
As he prayeth in chilling fear;
Wilt thou banish the orphan's tear—
Merciful One?
Amen!
To the suppliant scorner's call,
As he bendeth in sorrow low;
On his spirit let mercy flow;
Let him not fall;—
Amen!
As he bendeth in sorrow low;
On his spirit let mercy flow;
Let him not fall;—
Amen!
To the perishing traveller's voice,
When the tempest is swelling high;
Be thy succoring mercy nigh—
Bid him rejoice;
Amen!
When the tempest is swelling high;
Be thy succoring mercy nigh—
Bid him rejoice;
Amen!
397
To the desolate mourner's prayer,
In the palace or prison-cell;
Let thine answering mercy tell,
Thou, God! art there!
Amen!
In the palace or prison-cell;
Let thine answering mercy tell,
Thou, God! art there!
Amen!
| Duganne's Poetical Works | |