Henry Charles Beeching, ed. (1859–1919). Lyra Sacra: A Book of Religious Verse. 1903.
By Digby Mackworth-Dolben (1848–1867)Requests
| I ASKED for Peace,— | |
| My sins arose | |
| And bound me close, | |
| I could not find release. | |
| I asked for Truth,— | 5 |
| My doubts came in, | |
| And with their din, | |
| They wearied all my youth. | |
| I asked for Love,— | |
| My lovers failed, | 10 |
| And griefs assailed | |
| Around, beneath, above. | |
| I asked for Thee,— | |
| And Thou didst come | |
| To take me home, | 15 |
| Within Thy heart to be. | |