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A PRAYER IN SORROW by LOUISE CHANDLER MOULTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: MY HEART IS AT THY FEET, - MY HELPLESS HEAR!
Last Line: SAVE ME -- O STRONG TO SAVE, AS STRONG TO SMITE!
Subject(s): GRIEF; PRAYER; SORROW; SADNESS;

MY heart is at Thy feet, -- my helpless heart!
I pray Thee bend and listen to my prayer;
Bend low, and comfort my most deep despair,
Since my sole help, sole comforter Thou art.
It is thy will that Joy and I should part;
Thy will be done -- but have me in Thy care;
Unhelped by Thee the load I cannot bear --
My heart is at Thy feet, my helpless heart.

How can I go alone through life to death,
Confront each empty day and lonely night,
Each doubt and fear my soul that challengeth,
Except Thy strong arm put my foes to flight?
I cry to Thee, who gave my spirit breath --
Save me -- O strong to save, as strong to smite!





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