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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SPIKENARD, by FRANCES MENDENHALL
First Line: Today I took a silken rag
Last Line: Of all its petty soil.
Subject(s): Soil
First Line: Today I took a silken rag
Last Line: Of all its petty soil.
Subject(s): Soil
Today I took a silken rag
Dipped in a bit of oil,
And quickly cleared a table-top
Of all unsightly soil.
Tonight I wear a silken gown,
They say I look so smart;
Yet when they look they do not see
The dust upon my heart.
Dear Lord, please take a silken rag,
Anoint it with Thine oil,
And daily cleanse my wayward heart
Of all its petty soil.
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