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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ALONE! STARK ALONE!, by HARRIET HAMILTON COWELL
Last Line: As thou dost love me still.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
Last Line: As thou dost love me still.
Subject(s): Solitude; Loneliness
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.
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