| Arthur Quiller-Couch, comp. The Oxford Book of Victorian Verse. 1922. | | | | A Prayer | | By Katharine Tynan Hinkson (1861–1931) |
| | | NOW wilt me take for Jesus’ sake, | |
| Nor cast me out at all; | |
| I shall not fear the foe awake, | |
| Saved by thy City wall; | |
| But in the night without affright | 5 |
| Shall hear him steal without, | |
| Who may not scale thy wall of might, | |
| Thy bastion, nor redoubt. | |
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| Full well I know that to the foe | |
| Wilt yield me not for aye, | 10 |
| Unless mine own hand should undo | |
| The gates that are my stay— | |
| My folly and pride should open wide | |
| Thy doors and set me free | |
| ’Mid tigers striped and panthers pied | 15 |
| Far from thy liberty. | |
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| Unless by debt myself I set | |
| Outside thy loving ken, | |
| And yield myself by weight of debt | |
| Unto my fellow-men; | 20 |
| Deal with my guilt Thou as Thou wilt, | |
| And ‘Hold!’ I shall not cry, | |
| So I be thine in storm and shine, | |
| Thine only till I die. | | | | |
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