Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THIS MY PRAYER, by TANCREDE DE VISAN


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THIS MY PRAYER, by                    
First Line: O misery
Last Line: O sister sorrow, speak thy soft decree!
Subject(s): Pain; Prayer; Suffering; Misery


O MISERY,
One pallid ray that falls from thee
Breaks on my brow and charms my cheeks
As dawn of vernal Sabbath day.
Thy mild aurora lights my waking love and seeks
With paradisal peace to bear my soul away.
I feel the rose
Its virgin leaves and buds unclose
Within my bosom's empery,
And fear not now thou art with me.

O Misery
As sister thou hast come to be
Though, Misery,
Tears fringe thy lunar tapestry.
In tender drops thy twilight falls upon my brow.
And I hear now
The step of night
Upon the bank of my despair alight.
Unto thy shrine
Deep in the dell of incense-dropping fruits and flowers
A peal divine
Calls me with dulcet whisper through the silent hours.
I feel its spirit's wings in succour circle me;
It is my destiny.
Madonna of my misery,
O Sister Sorrow, speak thy soft decree!





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