Poems (Coolidge)/"Come Ye Apart"

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4474622Poems — "Come Ye Apart"Helen Elizabeth Coolidge
"COME YE APART"
Come ye apart! in love I plead,
E'en for a little while;
Forget those fleeting, empty joys
That oft your souls beguile.

Come ye apart! for pardon pray.
Whilst listening ear I bend;
If ye but struggle for the right
Mine arm shall e'er defend.

Come ye apart! My praise to sing
Within my courts to dwell;
As solemn sweet the anthem rolls
'Twill joy of heaven foretell.

Come ye apart! in stillness rest;
In silence lowly kneel;
'Tis ever to the listening heart
That I, myself, reveal.