Lewesdon Hill, with other poems By the Rev. William Crowe ... a corrected and much enlarged edition, with notes |
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MIDNIGHT DEVOTION.
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MIDNIGHT DEVOTION.
WRITTEN IN THE GREAT STORM, 1822.
When the storm's increasing roar,
In the fearful hour of night,
And the blast that rives my door
Start the sleepers with affright;
In the fearful hour of night,
And the blast that rives my door
Start the sleepers with affright;
While the fierce descending rain
And the warring winds of heaven
All embattled rush amain
On my fragile window driven;
And the warring winds of heaven
All embattled rush amain
On my fragile window driven;
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I, for those who bide this pelting,
Breathe a prayer of charity,
And, my soul with pity melting,
Heavenly Father, call on Thee.
Breathe a prayer of charity,
And, my soul with pity melting,
Heavenly Father, call on Thee.
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