Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, VIGIL OF ST. BATHOLOMEW, by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI


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First Line: Lord, to thine own grant watchful hearts and eyes
Last Line: Transfiguring their aspects to his own.
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Bartholomew, Saint (1st Century); Saints


LORD, to Thine own grant watchful hearts and eyes;
Hearts strung to prayer, awake while eyelids sleep;
Eyes patient till the end to watch and weep.
So will sleep nourish power to wake and rise
With Virgins who keep vigil and are wise,
To sow among all sowers who shall reap,
From out man's deep to call Thy vaster deep,
And tread the uphill track to Paradise.
Sweet souls! so patient that they make no moan,
So calm on journey that they seem at rest,
So rapt in prayer that half they dwell in heaven,
Thankful for all withheld and all things given;
So lit by love that Christ shines manifest
Transfiguring their aspects to His own.





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