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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REQUIEM FOR A PIONEER MOTHER, by MARGARET DELANEY
First Line: You tended prairie home lights far away
Last Line: Safe in his hands all dark frontiers are passed.
Subject(s): Pioneers
First Line: You tended prairie home lights far away
Last Line: Safe in his hands all dark frontiers are passed.
Subject(s): Pioneers
You tended prairie home lights far away
But now your soul has found its rest at last:
For Christ has led you into endless day;
Safe in His hands all dark frontiers are passed.
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