In the deep wilderness unseen she pray’d,

The daughter of Jerusalem; alone

With all the still, small whispers of the night,

And with the searching glances of the stars,

And with her God, alone: she lifted up

Her sweet, sad voice, and, trembling o’er her head,

The dark leaves thrill’d with prayer—the tearful prayer

Of woman’s quenchless, yet repentant love.

Father of Spirits, hear!

Look on the inmost heart to thee reveal’d,