Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE CHRISTIAN'S NEW YEAR PRAYER, by ELLA WHEELER WILCOX Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thou christ of mine, thy gracious ear low bending Last Line: This is a christian's prayer. Alternate Author Name(s): Wilson, Robert, Mrs. Subject(s): Heaven; Holidays; Jesus Christ; New Year; Prayer; Soul; Paradise | ||||||||
Thou Christ of mine, thy gracious ear low bending Through these glad New Year days, To catch the countless prayers to Heaven ascending, -- For e'en hard hearts do raise Some secret wish for fame, or gold, or power, Or freedom from all care -- Dear, patient Christ, who listeneth hour on hour, Hear now a Christian's prayer. Let this young year that, silent, walks beside me, Be as a means of grace To lead me up, no matter what betide me, Nearer the Master's face. If it need be that ere I reach the fountain Where Living waters play, My feet should bleed from sharp stones on the mountain, Then cast them in my way. If my vain soul needs blows and bitter losses To shape it for thy crown, Then bruise it, burn it, burden it with crosses, With sorrows bear it down. Do what thou wilt to mold me to thy pleasure, And if I should complain, Heap full of anguish yet another measure Until I smile at pain. Send dangers -- deaths! but tell me how to dare them; Enfold me in thy care. Send trials, tears! but give me strength to bear them -- This is a Christian's prayer. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE END OF LIFE by PHILIP JAMES BAILEY SEVEN TWILIGHTS: 6 by CONRAD AIKEN THE BOOK OF THE DEAD MAN (#19): 2. MORE ABOUT THE DEAD MAN AND WINTER by MARVIN BELL THE WORLDS IN THIS WORLD by LAURE-ANNE BOSSELAAR A SKELETON FOR MR. PAUL IN PARADISE; AFTER ALLAN GUISINGER by NORMAN DUBIE BEAUTY & RESTRAINT by DANIEL HALPERN HOW IT WILL HAPPEN, WHEN by DORIANNE LAUX |
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