Song of the Dispossessed
" TO JESUS . "
" Be with us by day, by night,
O lover, O friend;
Hold before us thy light
Unto the end!
" See, all these children of ours
Starved and ill-clad.
Speak to thy heart's lily-flowers,
And make them glad!
" Our wives and daughters are here,
Knowing wrong and shame's touch;
Bid them be of good cheer
Who have loved much.
" And we, we are robbed and oppressed,
Even as thine were.
Tell us of comfort and rest,
Banish despair!
" Be with us by day, by night,
O lover, O friend;
Hold before us thy light
Unto the end! "
" Be with us by day, by night,
O lover, O friend;
Hold before us thy light
Unto the end!
" See, all these children of ours
Starved and ill-clad.
Speak to thy heart's lily-flowers,
And make them glad!
" Our wives and daughters are here,
Knowing wrong and shame's touch;
Bid them be of good cheer
Who have loved much.
" And we, we are robbed and oppressed,
Even as thine were.
Tell us of comfort and rest,
Banish despair!
" Be with us by day, by night,
O lover, O friend;
Hold before us thy light
Unto the end! "
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