Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, PRAYING ALWAYS, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: After midnight, in the dark
Last Line: O brothers and o sisters? Pause and pray.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Prayer


AFTER midnight, in the dark
The clock strikes one,
New day has begun.
Look up and hark!
With singing heart forestall the carolling lark.

After mid-day, in the light
The clock strikes one,
Day-fall has begun.
Cast up, set right
The day's account against the oncoming night.

After noon and night, one day
For ever one
Ends not, once begun.
Whither away,
O brothers and O sisters? Pause and pray.





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