Poems (Holmes)/A Petition

by Alice Ann Holmes

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A Petition.

Oh God, some guardian angel send
 To guide me through life's stormy sea:
May peace and hope my path attend,
 Till I shall find a home with thee.

But if Thy holy will be this,
 With pain my daily path to strew;
Let me submit with willingness,
 And from this world, a brighter view.

And when my days on earth are passed,
 And death shall with its terrors come,
Oh, may my soul be safe at last,
 And borne by angels to its home.