Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830-1894). A Prayer. Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. 1922. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse

Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922.

A Prayer

By Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830–1894)


CLOTHER of the lily, Feeder of the sparrow,
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,	5
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.