Excerpt from Poems: Religious and Miscellaneous

A Prayer to the Sacred Heart.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus! we humbly pray to thee,
That in thy sweet compassion our souls may sinless be,
That strong in Faith united, a rampart we may form,
Against the works of Unbelief, that ravage like a storm.

O Sacred Heart of Jesus! so tender, pure and mild,
That dwelt for our salvation in Bethlehem's holy child,
Thy children lift their voices, with unison and love -
Oh, hear them, bless them, guide them, to where thou art above!

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