Moral Pieces, in Prose and Verse/The Midnight Prayer of Christ

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4011241Moral Pieces, in Prose and VerseThe Midnight Prayer of Christ1815Lydia Sigourney



THE MIDNIGHT PRAYER OF CHRIST.


COME, see the mountain where thy Saviour knelt,
The sad, lone place where he his vigils kept;
Come, feel the midnight blast, his bosom felt,
The cold night-chills, that o'er his temples crept,
While guilty, stupid man all heedless slept;
And far away his friends forgetful rove;
And cans't thou say for me he wak'd and wept,
For me he agoniz'd, and pray'd, and strove;
Nor feel one pang of pity, or one thrill of love?