Adelaide Anne Procter

A DESIRE POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – A DESIRE POEM OH, to have dwelt in Bethlehem When the star of the Lord shone bright! To have sheltered the holy wanderers On that blessed Christmas night; To have kissed the tender wayworn feet Of the mother […]

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OUR DAILY BREAD POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – OUR DAILY BREAD POEM GIVE us our daily Bread, O God, the bread of strength! For we have learnt to know How weak we are at length. As children we are weak, As children must be fed— […]

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THREEFOLD POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – THREEFOLD POEM MOTHER of grace and mercy, Behold how burthens three Weigh down my weary spirit, And drive me here—to Thee. Three gifts I place for ever Before thy shrine: The threefold offering of my love, Mary, to thine! […]

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CONFIDO ET CONQUIESCO POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – CONFIDO ET CONQUIESCO POEM ‘Scit;  potest;  vult: quid est quod timeamus?’ S. IGNATIUS. FRET not, poor soul: while doubt and fear Disturb thy breast, The pitying angels, who can see How vain thy wild regret must be, […]

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ORA PRO ME POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – ORA PRO ME POEM AVE MARIA! bright and pure, Hear, oh hear me when I pray! Pains and pleasures try the pilgrim On his long and weary way; Fears and perils are around me,— Ora pro me. […]

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THE CHURCH IN 1849 POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – THE CHURCH IN 1849 POEM OH, mighty Mother, hearken! for thy foes Gather around thee, and exulting cry That thine old strength is gone and thou must die, Pointing with fierce rejoicing to thy woes. And […]

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FISHERS OF MEN POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – FISHERS OF MEN POEM THE boats are out and the storm is high, We kneel on the shore and pray : The Star of the Sea shines still in the sky, And God is our help and […]

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THE OLD YEAR’S BLESSING POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – THE OLD YEAR’S BLESSING POEM I AM fading from you, But one draweth near, Called the Angel-guardian Of the coming year. If my gifts and graces Coldly you forget, Let the New Year’s Angel Bless and […]

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EVENING CHANT POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – EVENING CHANT POEM STREW before our Lady’s Picture Roses—flushing like the sky Where the lingering western cloudlets Watch the daylight die. Violets steeped in dreamy odours, Humble as the Mother mild, Blue as were her eyes when watching […]

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – A CHRISTMAS CAROL POEM THE moon that now is shining In skies so blue and bright, Shone ages since on Shepherds Who watched their flocks by night. There was no sound upon the earth, The azure air […]

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OUR TITLES POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – OUR TITLES POEM ARE we not Nobles? we who trace Our pedigree so high That God for us and for our race Created Earth and Sky And Light and Air and Time and Space, To serve us and […]

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MINISTERING ANGELS POEM by Adelaide Anne Procter Poetry from A Chaplet of Verses. ADELAIDE ANNE PROCTER – MINISTERING ANGELS POEM ANGELS of light, spread your bright wings and keep Near me at morn: Nor in the starry eve, nor midnight deep, Leave me forlorn. From all dark spirits of unholy power Guard my weak heart. […]

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