IN the darkness of the night I wake and weep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Dread shapes crowd around me, I cannot sleep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Love that must separate, Death that takes all, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Comes in the darkness with shuddering footfall, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Stern seems the face of the Lord and turned away, Ave Maria, hear my cry! For my prayerless night and my deedless day, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Thou art meek and full of mercy—pray for me, Ave Maria, hear my cry! He will listen to my prayer for love of thee, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Say that the world's hot dust was in my eyes, Ave Maria, hear my prayer! Say that my ears were deaf with city cries, Ave Maria, hear my prayer! Say to that man and beast so questionéd, Ave Maria, hear my cry! That on the cross He hung beloved but dead, Ave Maria, hear my cry! In the darkness of the night I wake and weep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! All that I am not drives my soul from sleep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...TO A CASTILIAN SONG by SARA TEASDALE 1914: 2. SAFETY by RUPERT BROOKE STOPPING BY WOODS ON A SNOWY EVENING by ROBERT FROST INTEGRITY by WILLIAM ROSE BENET A NEW PILGRIMAGE: 38 by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT THE GOLDEN ODES OF PRE-ISLAMIC ARABIA: TARAFA by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |