GOD keep you, dearest, all this lonely night: The winds are still, The moon drops down behind the western hill; God keep you safely, dearest, till the light. God keep you then when slumber melts away, And care and strife Take up new arms to fret our waking life, God keep you through the battle of the day. God keep you. Nay, beloved soul, how vain, How poor is prayer! I can but say again, and yet again, God keep you every time and everywhere. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PRISONER OF CHILLON: INTRODUCTORY SONNET by GEORGE GORDON BYRON MY AIN COUNTRIE by MARY LEE DEMAREST SONG FOR ALL SEAS, ALL SHIPS by WALT WHITMAN THE SIDEWALKS OF NEW YORK by JAMES W. BLAKE FOR A CERTAIN BELOVED GENTLEMAN by MARGARET E. BRUNER TOWARDS DEMOCRACY: PART 2. I HEARD A VOICE by EDWARD CARPENTER TO MY FRIEND THOMAS RANDOLPH, ON HIS PLAY 'THE MUSE'S LOOKING-GLASS' by ASTON COCKAYNE |