| W. Garrett Horder, comp. The Poets’ Bible: New Testament. 1895. | | | | With a Prayer | | Alexander Smith (1830–1867) |
| | | WITH a prayer | |
| For him who pierced His body with the spear, | |
| For him who tore His temples with the thorns, | |
| For him who mocked His thirst with vinegar, | |
| The Lord Christ bleeding bowed His head and died | 5 |
| And by that dying did He wash earth white | |
| From murders, battles, lies, ill deeds, and took | |
| Remorse away that feeds upon the heart | |
| Like slow fire on a brand. From grave he burst; | |
| Death could not hold Him, and ere many days | 10 |
| Before the eyes of those that did Him love | |
| He passed up through yon ocean of blue air | |
| Unto the heaven of heavens, whence He came. | |
| And there He sits this moment man and God; | |
| Strong as a God, flesh-hearted as a man, | 15 |
| And all the uncreated light confronts | |
| With eye-lids that have known the touch of tears. | | | | |
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