Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEAREST ONE, by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER Poet's Biography First Line: Oh! Which of all my dearest dear is most / my very own? Last Line: Whose want and weakness are his prayer, and without word can plead. Alternate Author Name(s): Van Deth, Gerrit, Mrs. Subject(s): Altars; Jesus Christ; Love; Prayer | ||||||||
OH! which of all my dearest dear is most my very own? Whom do I pray for oftenest when kneeling at the throne? 'Tis not the one whose earthly cup is brimmed with gift and grace, Nor yet the one whose winsome heart looks from the bonniest face; The dearest dear of all mine own is one in greatest need, The one whose burden heaviest weighs, whose path is rough indeed. For him I claim the help of Heaven, for him I cling about The cross of the All-pitiful till flesh and strength give out; And still it is the neediest for whom I plead and pray, What time I bring my dearest dear to Christ at fall of day. If, all imperfect as I am, thus love doth reign in me, How better far, and truer far, must Christ the shepherd be, Whose greater love hath largesse for the weakest of his own Who, by the hunger and the thirst, the faintness and the moan, Doth measure still the bounty that, outflowing day by day, Uplifts and helps the weary one who stumbleth in the way. Dear Love, sweet Love, thy dearest dear, 'tis he who most hath need, Whose want and weakness are his prayer, and without word can plead. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...UNHOLY SONNET 11 by MARK JARMAN LISTEN, LORD: A PRAYER by JAMES WELDON JOHNSON A PRAYER FOR THE FUTURE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) DIFFERENT WAYS TO PRAY by NAOMI SHIHAB NYE PRAYER DURING A TIME MY SON IS HAVING SEIZURES by SHARON OLDS WE WHO PRAYED AND WEPT by WENDELL BERRY PRAYERS AND SAYINGS OF THE MAD FARMER by WENDELL BERRY ARE THE CHILDREN AT HOME? by MARGARET ELIZABETH MUNSON SANGSTER |
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