Alone! Stark alone! I am alone O God, stretch forth Thy hand That I may find it. The way is weary -- dusty -- long! I am alone! O God, all earthly friends Are far behind me. They have their own! I only am alone! O God, show me the way I cannot see. Alone! Stark alone! Afraid! Beset! O God, speak peace to me And make me forget. Forget the past -- the dark -- the chill -- Forget the present ache and pain. Alone I cannot be As Thou dost love me still. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON A PALMETTO by SIDNEY LANIER TO THE MEMORY OF THE BRAVE AMERICANS UNDER GENERAL GREENE by PHILIP FRENEAU FLORAL DECORATIONS FOR BANANAS by WALLACE STEVENS AN EVENING by WILLIAM ALLINGHAM HOMAGE TO QUINTUS SEPTIMIUS FLORENTIS CHRISTIANUS (1) by ANYTE |