| Edmund Clarence Stedman, ed. (1833–1908). A Victorian Anthology, 1837–1895. 1895. |
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| His Banner over Me |
| | | Gerald Massey (b. 1828) |
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| SURROUNDED by unnumber’d foes, | |
| Against my soul the battle goes! | |
| Yet though I weary, sore distrest, | |
| I know that I shall reach my rest: | |
| I lift my tearful eyes above,— | 5 |
| His banner over me is love. | |
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| Its sword my spirit will not yield, | |
| Though flesh may faint upon the field; | |
| He waves before my fading sight | |
| The branch of palm,—the crown of light; | 10 |
| I lift my brightening eyes above,— | |
| His banner over me is love. | |
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| My cloud of battle-dust may dim, | |
| His veil of splendor curtain him! | |
| And in the midnight of my fear | 15 |
| I may not feel him standing near; | |
| But, as I lift mine eyes above, | |
| His banner over me is love. | |
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