O Pure of soul, and fond and deep of heart
For those who darkened be,
Lift up thy holy voice, at morn and eve,
And pray for me,
For me, who for this thronging worlds hot strife
A prize hath brought to be
Among the knownbut sweet too dearly earned;
Ah, pray for me.
Not aye the scholars path a track of peace,
Nor from the dread sins free;
Hard by the Isles of Truth doth Circe prowl;
Oh, pray for me.
The spirits hell-gloom and its hurricane
Round studious cells may be;
Thou patient Moon of Memorys dreary sky,
Oh, pray for me.
When through thy well-known window, oped beneath
The uneasy, whispering tree,
Burn stars we children two have tried to count,
Then pray for me.
At hour of rest, and when the moon makes pleased
The melancholy sea,
And noons surcease of happy household toil,
Yes, pray for me.
Some solace for this wrung and rifted heart,
That, wheresoeer thou be,
Thou wilt, Gods holiest gift, thou woman pure,
Yet pray for me.
To His Wife
written byDaniel Henry Deniehy
© Daniel Henry Deniehy