Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HIS BANNER OVER ME, by GERALD MASSEY


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First Line: Surrounded by unnumbered foes
Last Line: His banner over me is love.
Alternate Author Name(s): Bandiera


SURROUNDED by unnumber'd foes,
Against my soul the battle goes!
Yet though I weary, sore distrest,
I know that I shall reach my rest:
I lift my tearful eyes above, --
His banner over me is love.

Its sword my spirit will not yield,
Though flesh may faint upon the field;
He waves before my fading sight
The branch of palm, -- the crown of light;
I lift my brightening eyes above, --
His banner over me is love.

My cloud of battle-dust may dim,
His veil of splendor curtain him!
And in the midnight of my fear
I may not feel him standing near;
But, as I lift mine eyes above,
His banner over me is love.





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