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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PRAYER OF A THIRSTING HEART, by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT Poet's Biography First Line: Thou unto whom my cry ascends in anguish Last Line: Give me to drink! I perish here of thirst! Alternate Author Name(s): Moore, Mary Elizabeth | |||
THOU unto whom my cry ascends in anguish, Where couch'd among the flowers I pining lie, Behold, how 'mid their odorous scents I languish -- Hear my prayer! Hear! and answer, or I die! Within the land thou giv'st me to inherit, Where evermore the fragrant South wind blows, I dwell with heart of flame and thirsting spirit -- For here no well of cooling water flows. Where the sweet rills through earth's deep veins are flowing The lily at some hidden spring is nursed; On its frail stem the asphodel is blowing, While I, thy child, I perish here of thirst! Thou who, when pale affliction's sons and daugh'ers Came to Bethesda's healing font to lave, Saw where they watch'd beside the silent waters, And sent an angel down to touch the wave -- Thou who, when wandering Israel, parched and dying Unto the prophet cried in sore distress, Heard, and in mercy to their plaint replying, Bade the flood gush amid the wilderness -- Hear me! To Thee my soul in suppliance turneth, Like the lorn pilgrim on the sands accursed; For life's sweet waters, God! my spirit yearneth -- Give me to drink! I perish here of thirst! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...BLESS THEE by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT GREEN PLACES IN THE CITY by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT LAMENT OF JOSEPHINE by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT MIDNIGHT ON MARATHON (A GREEK SUPERSTITION) by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT THE LAST CHANT OF CORINNE by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT THE OCEAN-TIDE TO THE RIVULET by MARY ELIZABETH HEWITT BRICKLAYER LOVE by CARL SANDBURG ELEGY TO THE MEMORY OF AN UNFORTUNATE LADY by ALEXANDER POPE SONNET WRITTEN IN THE FALL OF 1914: 2 by GEORGE EDWARD WOODBERRY HE MOURNS FOR THE CHANGE THAT HAS COME UPON HIM AND BELOVED by WILLIAM BUTLER YEATS |
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