Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HOUSE OF PRAYER, by FREDA HAMMERSLOUGH


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HOUSE OF PRAYER, by                    
First Line: What is a house of prayer?
Last Line: We lived with god a day.
Subject(s): God; Prayer; Religion; Theology


What is a house of prayer?
A place where one may go
And cast all heavy care,
Where silence and sweet peace
Fill all the empty space
Until our sorrows cease.
Where restfulness abounds
And music fills the air
With soft and holy sounds,
Where we may meditate
Upon the stir without
And find a heavenly grace
To settle Godless doubt.
Into the recessed hall
Where quiet reigns supreme
We linger for a time
And think what life might mean!
Outside the rush and noise
Go on their jangling way
But for a little while
We lived with God a day.





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