John Pierpont (Джон Пирпонт)

Evening Prayer for a Child

Another day its course hath run,
And still, O God, thy child is blessed;
For thou hast been by day my sun,
And thou wilt be by night my rest.

Sweet sleep descends, my eyes to close;
And now, while all the world is still,
I give my body to repose,
My spirit to my Father's will.

John Pierpont’s other poems:

  1. News-Carrier’s Address
  2. The Cold Water Army
  3. For the Album of Miss Caroline C—
  4. Come All Ye Young Teetotallers
  5. Her Chosen Spot




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