Religion
A Child’s Prayer at Evening
From The Book of the Native (1896)
Religion
(Domine, cui sunt Pleiades curae)
Father, who keepest
The stars in Thy care,
Me, too, Thy little one,
Childish in prayer,
Keep, as Thou keepest
The soft night through,
Thy long, white lilies
Asleep in Thy dew.
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MLA
Roberts, Charles G. D. “A Child’s Prayer at Evening.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/94/.
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Roberts, Charles G. D. “A Child’s Prayer at Evening.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/roberts_cgd/94/.
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