Caroling Dusk/Supplication

by Joseph S. Cotter, Jr.

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SUPPLICATION

I am so tired and weary,
 So tired of the endless fight,
So weary of waiting the dawn
 And finding endless night.

That I ask but rest and quiet—
 Rest for the days that are gone,
And quiet for the little space
 That I must journey on.