| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). An American Anthology, 1787–1900. 1900. |
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| 854. God Keep You |
| | | By Mary Ainge De Vere (“Madeline Bridges”) |
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| GOD keep you, dearest, all this lonely night: | |
| The winds are still, | |
| The moon drops down behind the western hill; | |
| God keep you safely, dearest, till the light. | |
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| God keep you then when slumber melts away, | 5 |
| And care and strife | |
| Take up new arms to fret our waking life, | |
| God keep you through the battle of the day. | |
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| God keep you. Nay, beloved soul, how vain, | |
| How poor is prayer! | 10 |
| I can but say again, and yet again, | |
| God keep you every time and everywhere. | |
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