Religion
Entreaty
From Niagara, and Other Poems (1904)
Religion
O Lord of life and death!
To whom all souls belong,
Let not the thread be cut,
While yet I weave my song.
Let not the workman’s form
Be broken ere the time;—
Oh shatter not, with “Dust to Dust,”
The marble’s dream sublime!
Cite this poem
MLA
Copeland, Benjamin. “Entreaty.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/61/.
Chicago
Copeland, Benjamin. “Entreaty.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/copeland/61/.
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