Stedman and Hutchinson, comps. A Library of American Literature:
An Anthology in Eleven Volumes. 1891.
Vols. IX–XI: Literature of the Republic, Part IV., 1861–1889
God Keep You
By Mary Ainge De Vere (Madeline Bridges)G
The winds are still,
The moon drops down behind the western hill.
God keep you safely till the morning light.
And care and strife
Take up new arms, to fret your waking life.
God keep you through the battle of the day.
How poor is prayer!
I can but say again, and yet again,
God keep you, every time, and everywhere!