Religion
A Prayer of Love
From The Cornflower, and Other Poems (1906)
A prayer of love, O Father!
A fair and flowery way
Life stretches out before these
On this their marriage day.
O pour Thy choicest blessing,
Withhold no gift of Thine,
Fill all their world with beauty
And tenderness divine!
A prayer of love, O Father!
This holy love and pure,
That thrills the soul to rapture,
O may it e'er endure!
The richest of earth's treasures,
The gold without alloy,
The flower of faith unfading,
The full, the perfect joy!
No mist of tears or doubting,
But in their steadfast eyes
The light divine, the light of love,
The light of Paradise.
A prayer of love, O Father!
A prayer of love to Thee,
God's best be theirs for life, for death,
And all Eternity!
Cite this poem
MLA
Blewett, Jean. “A Prayer of Love.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/blewett/161/.
Chicago
Blewett, Jean. “A Prayer of Love.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/blewett/161/.
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