Poems (Taylor)/Ora Pro Me
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ORA PRO ME
O pray for me! Lo, here thy lover lies!
O pray for me!
Remember me, O strange ecstatic eyes,
And pray for me!
Beneath thy nimb of sacerdotal gold,
Lifted aspirant face, O pray for me!
Ye long white pointed hands I yearned to hold
Against my breaking heart, implore for me,—
For me.
O pray for me!
Remember me, O strange ecstatic eyes,
And pray for me!
Beneath thy nimb of sacerdotal gold,
Lifted aspirant face, O pray for me!
Ye long white pointed hands I yearned to hold
Against my breaking heart, implore for me,—
For me.
Then as I lie swathed in my waiting dream
(Unransomed yet!)
The colour and music of the Past shall seem
(O all regret!)
The great rose-window in a kirk of rest,
Where in a circumflagrant fantasy
Of rose and gold and green, thou flowerest,
To pray for all sick souls, to pray for me—For me.
(Unransomed yet!)
The colour and music of the Past shall seem
(O all regret!)
The great rose-window in a kirk of rest,
Where in a circumflagrant fantasy
Of rose and gold and green, thou flowerest,
To pray for all sick souls, to pray for me—For me.