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A PRAYER, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Now wilt me take for jesus' sake
Last Line: Thine only till I die.
Alternate Author Name(s): Hinkson, Katharine Tynan
Subject(s): Prayer


NOW wilt me take for Jesus' sake,
Nor cast me out at all;
I shall not fear the foe awake,
Saved by Thy City wall;
But in the night with no affright
Shall hear him steal without,
Who may not scale Thy wall of might,
Thy Bastion, nor redoubt.

Full well I know that to the foe
Wilt yield me not for aye,
Unless mine own hand should undo
The gates that are my stay;
My folly and pride should open wide
Thy doors and set me free
'Mid tigers striped and panthers pied
Far from Thy liberty.

Unless by debt myself I set
Outside Thy loving ken,
And yield myself by weight of debt
Unto my fellow-men.
Deal with my guilt Thou as Thou wilt,
And "hold" I shall not cry,
So I be Thine in storm and shine,
Thine only till I die.





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