Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AVE MARIA, by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER Poet's Biography First Line: In the darkness of the night I wake and weep Last Line: Ave maria, hear my cry! Alternate Author Name(s): Sigerson, Dora; Shorter, Mrs. Clement Subject(s): Prayer | ||||||||
IN the darkness of the night I wake and weep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Dread shapes crowd around me, I cannot sleep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Love that must separate, Death that takes all, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Comes in the darkness with shuddering footfall, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Stern seems the face of the Lord and turned away, Ave Maria, hear my cry! For my prayerless night and my deedless day, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Thou art meek and full of mercypray for me, Ave Maria, hear my cry! He will listen to my prayer for love of thee, Ave Maria, hear my cry! Say that the world's hot dust was in my eyes, Ave Maria, hear my prayer! Say that my ears were deaf with city cries, Ave Maria, hear my prayer! Say to that man and beast so questionéd, Ave Maria, hear my cry! That on the cross He hung beloved but dead, Ave Maria, hear my cry! In the darkness of the night I wake and weep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! All that I am not drives my soul from sleep, Ave Maria, hear my cry! | 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 THE WIND ON THE HILLS by DORA SIGERSON SHORTER |
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