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A PRAYER IN SICKNESS, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Send down thy winged angel, god!
Last Line: And heal our gentle child!
Alternate Author Name(s): Cornwall, Barry; Proctor, Bryan Waller
Subject(s): Faith; Prayer; Sickness; Belief; Creed; Illness


SEND down thy winged angel, God!
Amid this night so wild;
And bid him come where now we watch,
And breathe upon our child!

She lies upon her pillow, pale,
And moans within her sleep,
Or wakeneth with a patient smile,
And striveth not to weep.

How gentle and how good a child
She is, we know too well,
And dearer to her parents' hearts,
Than our weak words can tell.

We love -- we watch throughout the night,
To aid, when need may be;
We hope -- and have despair'd, at times;
But now we turn to Thee!

Send down thy sweet-soul'd angel, God!
Amid the darkness wild,
And bid him soothe our souls to-night,
And heal our gentle child!





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