Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.
A PrayerChristina Georgina Rossetti (18301894)
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Father of the fatherless, dear Lord,
Tho’ Thou set me as a mark against Thine arrow,
As a prey unto Thy sword,
As a plough’d-up field beneath Thy harrow,
As a captive in Thy cord,
Let that cord be love; and some day make my narrow
Hallow’d bed according to Thy Word.Amen.