MIDNIGHT DEVOTION. WRITTEN IN THE GREAT STORM, 1822.
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When the storm’s increasing roar, In the fearful hour of night, And the blast that rives my door Start the sleepers with affright; While the fierce descending rain And the warring winds of heaven All embattled rush amain On my fragile window driven; I, for those who bide this pelting, Breathe a prayer of charity, And, my soul with pity melting, Heavenly Father, call on Thee.