Poems (1898)/Suppliant

by Florence Earle Coates

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SUPPLIANT

Father, I lift my hands to Thee:
⁠⁠Reject me not!
Mine eyes are blind, I cannot see.
Be Thou the lamp unto my feet,—
Guide to the rock of my retreat;
O Light, my darkness cries to Thee!
⁠⁠Reject me not!

Father, mine eyes with tears are wet,
⁠⁠Reject me not!
Though Thou forgive, shall I forget?
Nay, though thy mercy fall like rain,
My spirit still must bear the pain
And burden of a vast regret.
⁠⁠Reject me not!

To whom, unfriended, should I flee?
⁠⁠Reject me not!
To whom, my Father, but to Thee?—
Ah! 'T was thy child forgave the sin
Of the repentant Magdalen
And blessed the thief on Calvary!—
⁠⁠Reject me not!