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

A Prayer

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,

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.