Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, TOO PROUD TO PRAY, by CHARLES LOUIS HENRY WAGNER


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TOO PROUD TO PRAY, by                    
First Line: She was too proud to pray
Last Line: What a prayer.
Subject(s): Man-woman Relationships; Prayer; Pride; Male-female Relations; Self-esteem; Self-respect


She was too proud to pray;
Too proud,
And yet—
Her life was but a voiceless prayer
Living her hopes, unuttered,
Rare in the beauty of a Perfect Prayer;
ONE knew, and answered,—then
I came into her world,
Apart, yet in a world of men,
Sang of Her song,
Her kindled faith to share,
Read of her heart
And saw—
The woman there,
God:—What a prayer,
What a prayer!

She was too proud to pray,
Too proud,
But that was in her yesterday,
For now
Her inner soul, unfettered, leaps
To Him,
And rings
With music of remembered things
Lost in her wayward pride,
Voicing in symphony of prayer
That which is bare
Of pride,
And I,—I care,
And dare;
God:—What a prayer,
What a prayer.





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