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Nicholson & Lee, eds. The Oxford Book of English Mystical Verse. 1917.

Fiona MacLeod (William Sharp) (1855–1905)

230. The Mystic’s Prayer

LAY me to sleep in sheltering flame,

O Master of the Hidden Fire!

Wash pure my heart, and cleanse for me

My soul’s desire.

In flame of sunrise bathe my mind,

O Master of the Hidden Fire,

That, when I wake, clear-eyed may be

My soul’s desire.