AUTHOR OF "THE WATCHMAN AND OTHER POEMS," " ANNE OF GREEN
GABLES," "RAINBOW VALLEY," ETC.
Love’s Prayer.
Beloved, this, the heart I offer thee,
Is purified from old idolatry,
From outworn hopes, and from the
lingering stain
Of passion's dregs by penitential
pain.
Take thou it, then, and fill it up
for me
With thy unstinted love, and it
shall be
An earthy chalice that is made
divine
By its red draught of sacramental
wine.
