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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 4. GRACIOUS MOTHER, by EDWARD CARPENTER Poet's Biography
First Line: O gracious mother, in thy vast eternal sunlight
Last Line: In ash-heaps for salvation.
Subject(s): Healing; Salvation; Sin; Cures
First Line: O gracious mother, in thy vast eternal sunlight
Last Line: In ash-heaps for salvation.
Subject(s): Healing; Salvation; Sin; Cures
O gracious Mother, in thy vast eternal sunlight
Heal us, thy foolish children, from our sins;
Who heed thee not, but careless of thy Presence
Turn our bent backs on thee, and scratch and scrabble
In ash-heaps for salvation.
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